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This document provides answers to an activity worksheet on acids and bases. It defines conjugate acids and bases, compares acid strengths based on pKa values, identifies Lewis acids and bases in reactions, orders acid strength, writes products of acid-base reactions, and explains which direction reactions will proceed based on relative acid and base strengths. Key concepts covered include Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases, resonance stabilization of conjugate bases, and acid-base equilibrium.

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Activity 2 (Acids and Bases) - Key Activity 2 (Acids and Bases) - Key

This document provides answers to an activity worksheet on acids and bases. It defines conjugate acids and bases, compares acid strengths based on pKa values, identifies Lewis acids and bases in reactions, orders acid strength, writes products of acid-base reactions, and explains which direction reactions will proceed based on relative acid and base strengths. Key concepts covered include Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases, resonance stabilization of conjugate bases, and acid-base equilibrium.

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Activity 2 (Acids and Bases) - key

Organic Chemistry I-Lab (Roosevelt University)

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CHEM211 –Group activity #2 - KEY



Name of the student………………………………………………………………….

Other group members (1) ……………………….. (2) …………………………… (3) ………………………

1. What is the conjugate acid of each of the following?


(a) NH3 (b) H2O
Answer: (a) NH4+ (b) H3O+

2. What is the conjugate base of each of the following?


(a) NH3 (b) H2O
Answer: (a) NH2– (b) OH–

3. Which is the stronger base, CH3COO– or HCOO–? (The pKa of CH3COOH is 4.8 and that
of HCOOH is 3.8)
Answer: CH3COO– ; the weaker acid will have stronger base.

4. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F)?
(a) A Lewis acid is a compound that accepts a share in a pair of electrons

(b) The larger the pKa, the weaker the acid

(c) The weaker the base, the more stable it is.

Answer: (a) T (b) T (c) T

5. Draw the product of the following reaction. Use curved arrows to show where the
pair of electrons starts from and where it ends up. Identify the Lewis acid and Lewis
base in this reaction.

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Br

Br Fe + Br

Br

Br Br

Br Fe + Br Br Fe Br

Br Br

6. What is the order of acid strength from strongest acid to weakest acid?
O O O O

F 3C
H 3C OH C OH F 3C OH Cl 3C O
H2 H
I II III IV


Answer: C

7. Write the product of following reaction. Predict if the forward reaction will be
favored.

H 2C CH2 + HC C

Answer:
H 2C CH2 + HC C +
H 2C CH HC CH
8. Which carboxylate is the strongest base?


Answer: A
9. Which is the stronger acid? Why?

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O
O

C
H 3C S O H
H 3C O H

(a) O (b)
Answer: (a) When a sulfonic acid loses a proton, three oxygens share the electrons
left behind; there are three resonance structures. But when a carboxylic acid loses a
proton, only two oxygen atoms share the electrons left behind; there are only two
resonance structures. This makes the sulfonate a stabler base and hence (a) a better
acid.



10. Explain why backward reaction is favored in (a) and forward reaction is favored in
(b). Which base (NH2– or OH–) do you think can better remove a proton from
ethyne?

Answer: Because a stronger acid is more likely to lose a proton than a weak acid, the
equilibrium will favor loss of a proton from the strong acid and formation of weak
acid.
NH2– is a better base to remove proton, as it is a stronger base than water. First
reaction favors backward reaction and second reaction favors forward reaction,
hence NH2– is a better choice of base over OH–.

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