What s the covalent compound formula for oxalic acid?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-12T21:26:44

For $oxalic acid, C_{2} H_{2} O_{4}$ $"oxalic acid, "C_2H_2O_4$ ?

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$Oxalic acid$ $"Oxalic acid"$ is the simplest dicarboxylic acid, $H O (O =) C - C (= O) O H$ $HO(O=)C-C(=O)OH$ ; its salts are called $oxalates$ $"oxalates"$ , i.e. $C_{2} O_{4}^{2 -}$ $C_2O_4^(2-)$ , which is a chelating ligand. In the laboratory it is often used as the $dihydrate$ $"dihydrate"$ , $C_{2} H_{2} O_{4} \cdot 2 H_{2} O$ $C_2H_2O_4*2H_2O$ .

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