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  • 17-04-2018
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phosphuric acid can form triesters but sulfuric acid cannot. explain why?

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  • 26-04-2018

Phosphoric acid or orthophosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) is triprotic acid, which means it lose three protons in chemical reaction (in reaction of esterification with alcohol) and sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) is diprotic acid, which means it lost two protons in chemical reaction and does not have enough palce to bind alcohol.

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