Arcylic Acid - Reducing Or Oxidising Acid ?

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Is Arcylic Acid a Reducing Acid Or an Oxidising Acid ?

Or does it exhibit dual character ?


Secondly, Butyl Arcylate only exhibits reducing properties - right ?
 
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The -CO2 functional group itself is not an oxidant nor reductant. Consider the chemistry of the conjugated double bond. Can it be reduced? Can it be oxidized?