The theory of polybasic radicals was being evolved.
But, as in the case of other weak polybasic acids, a single hydrogen atom is far more readily ionized than are the remaining two (p.
For polybasic acids, the ratio would have the form demanded by the rule given p.
Polyvalent bases, like polybasic acids, ionize in stages, and the primary ionization is usually stronger than the secondary ionization, and so forth.
Further oxidation either changes the alcoholic groups into COOH groups, producing polybasic acids, or breaks up the chain.
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