i've never taken organic chemistry, so a noob question: >adjust pH to be less irritating if vitamin C is ascorbic acid, doesn't "adjusting its pH" make it be

i've never taken organic chemistry, so a noob question: >adjust pH to be less irritating if vitamin C is ascorbic acid, doesn't "adjusting its pH" make it be no longer ascorbic acid, perhaps turning it into ascorbic salt?