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If one were to put Ascorbic acid in the bottom of a beaker and pour sulfuric acid over it what would be the product? That is the sulfuric acid would certainly draw H2O out of the acid as it would sugar but what would be the resulting compound left over from the ascorbic?

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As you surmised correctly the sulfuric acid will pull as much water as it can from these sorts of compounds. Take as many H2Os away as you can and what are you left with? Mostly carbon and some random hydrocarbons.

 

If you add concentrated sulfuric acid to pure table sugar, the sugar gradually turns into a black spongy mass that will expand to a much larger volume than the original sugar. It is basically carbon.

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