How do you identify whether a functional group is acidic or basic? For example, which of these functional groups are acidic and which are basic? - Hydroxyl - Carbonyl - Carboxyl - Amino - Sulfhydryl - Phosphate

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-03T16:07:59

Normally the Carboxyl groups are acidic in nature.
The Carbonyl group is also uncharged but is a little hydrophillic.

Thus the compounds given by you can be classified as:-

Acids:-

#=># Hydroxyl
#=>#Carboxyl
#=>#Amino
#=>#Phospate

Bases:-

#=>#Carbonyl
#=>#Sulfhydryl