Malic acid, C4H6O5, has been isolated from apples. Because this compound reacts with 2 molar equivalents of base, it is a dicarb
oxylic acid.
(a) Draw at least five possible structures.
(b) If malic acid is a secondary alcohol, what is its structure?
(a) Draw at least five possible structures.
(b) If malic acid is a secondary alcohol, what is its structure?
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Answer and explanation:
The attached figure shows five different structures for the chemical formula C4H5O5, but only one of these structures represent the malic acid.
Malic acid is a dicarboxylic acid, this means malic acid has two
-COOH groups. Also, malic acid is a secundary alcohol, which means it has a R2-C-OH group.
-Structure A has two carboxylic groups, but it doesn´t have a secundary alcohol.
-Structure B doesn´t have any caborxylic group.
-Structure C has two carboxylic groups and it is a secundary alcohol. Structure C is the Malic acid
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Thus, we can write the law of mass action, which consider the equilibrium concentrations of all the involved species, which is also known as the acid dissociation constant which accounts for the capacity the acid has to yield hydronium ions:
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