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why acetic has two different c-o bonds length but sodium acitate has two identical c-o bonds length

why acetic has two different c-o bonds length but sodium acitate has two identical c-o bonds length

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
6 years ago
Dear Anish,
Acetoc acid has disimilar bonds as it has one O atom attached with pi bond
and other O atoms is attached with a single bond having H atom with it that is
-OH.
and hence they would be different in length as one has pi bond and other is only 
a sigma bond.
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Cheers!!
Regards,
Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)

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