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Question
Draw the structure for the following compound.
Ethanoic acid
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Solution
Structure of ethanoic acid:
1)
\begin{array}{cc}\\
\phantom{......}\ce{H}\phantom{.....}\ce{O}\phantom{}\\
\phantom{......}|\phantom{....}//\phantom{}\\\phantom{}
\phantom{}\ce{H - C - C}\phantom{}\\
\phantom{......}|\phantom{.....}\backslash\\\phantom{}
\phantom{........}\ce{H}\phantom{.....}\ce{OH}\phantom{}\\
\end{array}
2)
\begin{array}{cc}\\
\phantom{.}\ce{O}\\
\phantom{.}||\\
\ce{CH3 - C - OH}
\end{array}
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