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prontonation of a carboxilic acid....
i know that usually sp^3 hybridized molecules are much stronger than an sp^2 hybridized molecule. ..........based on this theory, protonation of a carboxilic acid functional group, which contains both a carbonyl oxygen and a hydroxyl oxygen, should occur at the hydroxyl oxygen.........however that is not the case....why does protonation occur preferentially at the carbonyl oxygen (sp^2) than the hydroxyl oxygen (sp^3)
i know that usually sp^3 hybridized molecules are much stronger than an sp^2 hybridized molecule. ..........based on this theory, protonation of a carboxilic acid functional group, which contains both a carbonyl oxygen and a hydroxyl oxygen, should occur at the hydroxyl oxygen.........however that is not the case....why does protonation occur preferentially at the carbonyl oxygen (sp^2) than the hydroxyl oxygen (sp^3)