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The molar mass of ethanoic acid found by the freezing-point depression method in benzene is about , twice its formula mass. This is because ethanoic acid in benzene

  1. Aexists as a dimer held by two hydrogen bonds
  2. Bexists as a trimer
  3. Cionises into and
  4. Ddissociates into free radicals

Answer: A

In a non-polar solvent the acid molecules pair through two O-H...O hydrogen bonds into a cyclic dimer. The number of solute particles is halved, so the colligative effect is halved and the apparent molar mass doubles to about . Ionisation would increase the particle count and lower the apparent molar mass.
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