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Organic Chemistry | 7th Edition | ISBN: 9781269406772 | Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

Table of Contents

1
Remembering General Chemistry: Electronic Structure and Bonding

2
Acids and Bases: Central to Understanding Organic Chemistry
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3
An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, and Representation of Structure

4
Isomers: The Arrangement of Atoms in Space

5
Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, and an Introduction to Reactivity • Thermodynamics and Kinetics

6
The Reactions of Alkenes • The Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions

7
The Reactions of Alkynes

8
Delocalized Electrons and Their Effect on Stability, pKa, and the Products of a Reaction

9
Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides

10
Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides • Competition Between Substitution and Elimination

11
Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amines, and Thiols

12
Organometallic Compounds

13
Radicals • Reactions of Alkanes

14
Mass Spectrometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy

15
NMR Spectroscopy

16
Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Derivatives

17
Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones • More Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives • Reactions of A,B -Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

18
Reactions at the A- Carbon of Carbonyl Compounds

19
Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes
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20
More About Amines • Reactions of Heterocyclic Compounds

21
The Organic Chemistry of Carbohydrates

22
The Organic Chemistry of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

23
Catalysis in Organic Reactions and in Enzymatic Reactions

24
The Organic Chemistry of the Coenzymes, Compounds Derived from Vitamins

25
The Organic Chemistry of the Metabolic Pathways • Terpene Biosynthesis

26
The Chemistry of the Nucleic Acids

27
Synthetic Polymers

28
Pericyclic Reactions

Textbook Solutions for Organic Chemistry

Chapter 2 Problem 38P

Question

a. Indicate whether a carboxylic acid \((\mathrm{RCOOH})\) with a \(p K_{a}\) value of \(4.5\) will have more charged molecules or more neutral molecules in a solution with the following \(p H\):

1. \(p H=1\) 3. \(p H=5\) 5. \(p H=10\)

2. \(p H=3\) 4. \(p H=7\) 6. \(p H=13\)

b. Answer the same question for a protonated amine with a \(p K_{a}\) value of \(9\).

c. Answer the same question for an alcohol \((R O H)\) with a \(p K_{a}\) value of \(15\).

Solution

Solution 38P

Step 1 of 3:

Here, we are asked to indicate if  the given compound with a given pKa value will have more charged molecules or more neutral molecules in a solution for given pH values.

If the pH value of the solution is lesser than the pKa value, then it exists in its acidic form and will have more neutral molecules.

If the pH value of the solution is greater than the pKa value, then it exists in its basic form will have more charged molecules.

a.

Given Compound: carboxylic acid (RCOOH) with a pKa of 4.5.

A carboxylic acid is neutral in its acidic form (RCOOH) and charged in its basic form (RCOO-).

Hence, a Carboxylic acid at pH = 1 and pH =3 with a pKa of 4.5 has more neutral molecules(RCOOH). A Carboxylic acid at pH = 5,7,10 and 13 with a pKa of 4.5 has more charged molecules(RCOO-).


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Title Organic Chemistry 7 
Author Paula Yurkanis Bruice
ISBN 9781269406772

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