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Each of the three molecules shown here contains an OH group, but one molecule acts as a

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Each of the three molecules shown here contains an OH group, but one molecule acts as a base, one as an acid, and the third is neither acid nor base.
(a) Which one acts as a base? Why does only this molecule act as a base?
(b)Which one acts as an acid?
(c) Why is the remaining molecule neither acidic nor basic?
Each of the three molecules shown here contains an OH
Each of the three molecules shown here contains an OH
Each of the three molecules shown here contains an OH
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Molecule A Molecule B Molecule C

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