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When a carboxylic acid is dissolved in water, the acid ionized by losing an h+. to what atom was the hydrogen atom attached to in the original molecule?

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Carboxylic acid general formula
                       O
                       ||
RCOOH or R-C - O - H

    O                             O
    ||                              ||
R-C - O - H  -------> R-C - O -    + H⁺

H⁺ was connected to O -atom of the COOH - group.

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