Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 12:15pm.
These reactions usually occur with more then H3O+; is it just benzoic acid and H3O+, or is their something else, such as LiAlH4? If it is then you should get phenol, if not then I am not sure.
With straight H3O^+ there is no reaction with benzoic acid. It shifts the equilibrium of the benzoic acid to the left but that's all.
C6H5COOH + H2O ==> H3O^+ + C6H5COO^-
Okay thank you! I believe I figured it out as the H3O+ was just apart of a previous reaction that had occurred. They were put separately so it threw me off at first
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