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Chapter 1, Problem 52SP(choose chapter or problem)
The following compounds can all react as acids.
(a) For each compound, show its conjugate base. Show any resonance forms if applicable.
(b) Rank the conjugate bases in the order you would predict, from most stable to least stable.
(c) Rank the original compounds in order, from strongest acid to weakest acid.
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QUESTION:
The following compounds can all react as acids.
(a) For each compound, show its conjugate base. Show any resonance forms if applicable.
(b) Rank the conjugate bases in the order you would predict, from most stable to least stable.
(c) Rank the original compounds in order, from strongest acid to weakest acid.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
(a) For each compound, show its conjugate base. Show any resonance forms if applicable.
A resonance form is another way of drawing a Lewis dot structure for a compound when there is more than one possibility of placing valence or lone pairs of electrons, but the atoms in the resonance forms should have identical position. Equivalent Lewis structures of same compound are called resonance forms.
To find the conjugate base of an acid, we remove one hydrogen atom and decrease the charge of the compound by 1.