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OXOACIDS

An oxoacid is defined as an acid that contains oxygen and at least one other element, with at least one hydrogen atom bound to the oxygen. Oxoacids form ions by losing one or more protons. Examples include carboxylic acids, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and various halogen oxoacids. Acid strength in oxoacids increases with higher electronegativity of the central element and more oxygen atoms bound to that element. Non-oxoacids, also called hydracids, do not contain oxygen and examples are hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and hydrocyanic acid.

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OXOACIDS

An oxoacid is defined as an acid that contains oxygen and at least one other element, with at least one hydrogen atom bound to the oxygen. Oxoacids form ions by losing one or more protons. Examples include carboxylic acids, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and various halogen oxoacids. Acid strength in oxoacids increases with higher electronegativity of the central element and more oxygen atoms bound to that element. Non-oxoacids, also called hydracids, do not contain oxygen and examples are hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and hydrocyanic acid.

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An ô ô is an acid that contains oxygen. To be more specific, it is an acid that:

1)contains oxygen

2)contains at least one other element

3)has at least one hydrogen atom bound to oxygen

4)forms an ion by the loss of one or more protons.[1]

The name 


is sometimes used, although this is not recommended.

Generally, oxoacids are simply polyatomic ions with a positively polarized hydrogen, which can be split off as a
cation(ion).

Under Lavoisier's original theory, all acids contained oxygen, which was named from the Greek (ô ) (acid,
sharp) and (ô) (engender). It was later discovered that some acids, notably hydrochloric acid, did not
contain oxygen and so acids were divided into oxoacids and these new hydracids.

Examples of oxoacids:

@Carboxylic acids

@Sulfuric acid

@Nitric acid

@Phosphoric acid
@Halogen oxoacids: Hypochlorous acid; Chlorous acid; Chloric acid; Perchloric acid; Perbromic acid;
Metaperiodic acid

Examples of non-oxoacids (HYDRACIDS):

@Hydrochloric acid

@Hydrofluoric acid

@Hydrobromic acid

@Hydroiodic acid

@Hydrocyanic acid

All oxoacids have the acidic hydrogen bound to an oxygen atom, so bond strength (length) is not a factor, as it
is with binary nonmetal hydrides. Rather, the electronegativity of the central atom (E) and the number of O
atoms determine oxoacid acidity. With the same central atom E, acid strength increases as the number of
oxygen attached to E increases. With the same number of oxygens around E, acid strength increases with the
electronegativity of E.

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