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On pg 377 of kaplan, it says the carboxylic acids react with alcohols under acidic conditions to form esters and water. In the acidic solution, the O on the carbonyl functionality will get protonated which accentuates the polarity of the bond putting more positive charge on the C. I am wondering how protonating the oxygen makes the C more positive.