CHEM MAJORS...help...carboxylic acids, which O is more nucleophilic?

<p>yeah this is random…i didn’t think the HS students would know. i could be wrong though…it is CC.</p>

<p>which is more nucleophilic? the carbonyl O or the O with the proton (H) on it?</p>

<p>im thinking the carbonyl O b/c it has two lone pairs of electrons and will therefore be more nucleophilic. am i right?</p>