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Clove oil is a mixture of compounds, but the main ingredient is eugenol, about 70-90%. Eugenol does have an acidic hydrogen, but it's not a compound i would call an acid, the acidic hydrogen is only a small part of the entire molecule.
it's pKa, measure of acidity, is about 10, so it's a very weak acid indeed.
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