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0.900 g of an acyclic saturated dicarboxylic acid is exactly neutralised by 20.0 mL of 1.00 M aqueous . The acid is (take C = 12, H = 1, O = 16)

  1. Apentanedioic acid
  2. Bethanedioic acid
  3. Cpropanedioic acid
  4. Dbutanedioic acid

Answer: B

Moles of NaOH = 0.0200. A dicarboxylic acid is dibasic, so moles of acid = 0.0100. Molar mass = 0.900 / 0.0100 = 90 g/mol, which equals ethanedioic acid (2 x 12 + 2 x 16 + 2 x 16 + 2 = 90). The next members are 104, 118 and 132.
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