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Question
Draw the structural formula for the following:
Ethanoic acid
Solution
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{....}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{O}\phantom{........}\\
\phantom{..}|\phantom{....}||\phantom{......}\\
\ce{H - C - C - O - H}\\
\phantom{.}|\phantom{...}\phantom{.}\phantom{.......}\\
\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{}\phantom{..........}\\
\end{array}\]
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