Acids like HCL, HNO3 are acidic but not the alcohols and glucose. Why?

Acids like HCL, HNO₃, H₂SO₄ .. etc are acidic but not the alcohols and glucose. Why?

Acids like HCl, HNO₃ are ionic compounds. In ionic compounds, electrons are permanently transferred to the electrophilic group. Transfer of electrons forms a cationic group and an anionic group. Both these groups are tied to each other by strong attraction forces. Polar solvents like H₂O form a linkage with the cationic group and increase the stability of the system. In aqueous medium, acids like H⁺ of HCl, HNO etc form hydronium ion. Acidic nature is the result of this  H⁺ or Hydronium ion H₃O⁺.

HA —> H⁺ + A^–

H⁺ +H₂O —-> H₃O⁺

Alcohol and glucose are covalent compounds. In these compounds, electrons are Shared among groups. A polar solvent like water does not encourage the release of H⁺ and form hydronium ion. As a result, we do not se acidic nature with alcohol and glucose.

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