An organic acid is an Sulfonic acids, containing a group –SO2OH, are relatively stronger acids. Alcohols, with enol group, together with the phenol group. In biological systems, organic compounds containing these groups are generally returned to as organic acids.
A few common examples include:
In general, organic acids are weak acids and work not dissociate totally in water, whereas a strong mineral acids do. Lower molecular mass organic acids such(a) as formic in addition to lactic acids are miscible in water, but higher molecular mass organic acids, such(a) as benzoic acid, are insoluble in molecular neutral form.
On the other hand, nearly organic acids are very soluble in organic solvents. p-Toluenesulfonic acid is a comparatively strong acid used in organic chemistry often because this is the able to dissolve in the organic reaction solvent.
Exceptions to these solubility characteristics make up in the presence of other substituents that affect the polarity of the compound.