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1. What is the relation between an electron donating group and acidic character?

2. How carboxylic acids maintain their acid character?

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1. Electron donating group decreases the acid character.

2. Carboxylic acid decomposes to give proton and carboxylate ion and is stabilized by resonance. This explains the acidic character of carboxylic acid.

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