How do you convert #"CH"_3"COOH"# to #"C"_2"H"_4"O"_2#?

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Truong-Son N.
Jan 10, 2018

What conversion? They're the same thing.

#"CH"_3"COOH"# is #"C"_2"H"_4"O"_2# is acetic acid:

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Simply count the number of carbons to find there are #2#, and you should also find two oxygens and four hydrogens.

#"CH"_3"COOH"# is almost literally what is read from left to right of the above structure.

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