Why carboxylic acids act neither like aldehydes nor like ketones based on resonance?

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Why carboxylic acids act neither like aldehydes nor like ketones based on resonance?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-24T15:30:48

Because they are different molecules?

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Just to retire this question, we got carboxylic acids... $R C O_{2} H$ $RCO_2H$ ..versus aldehydes, $R C (= O) H$ $RC(=O)H$ , versus ketones, $R C (= O) R$ $RC(=O)R$ versus alcohols, $R C H_{2} O H$ $RCH_2OH$ versus alkanes, $R C H_{3}$ $RCH_3$ ...and the oxidation numbers of the ipso carbon are....

$C O_{2}$ $CO_2$ $, C (+ I V)$ $,C(+IV)$

$R C O_{2} H$ $RCO_2H$ $, C (+ I I I)$ $,C(+III)$

$R C (= O) R$ $RC(=O)R$ $, C (+ I I)$ $,C(+II)$

$R C (= O) H$ $RC(=O)H$ $, C (+ I)$ $,C(+I)$

$R C H_{2} O H$ $RCH_2OH$ $, C (- I)$ $,C(-I)$

$R C H_{2} R$ $RCH_2R$ $, C (- I I)$ $,C(-II)$

$R C H_{3}$ $RCH_3$ $, C (- I I I)$ $,C(-III)$

$C H_{4}$ $CH_4$ $, C (- I V)$ $,C(-IV)$

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