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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 58P

Question

a. Given the \(K_{a}\) values, estimate the \(p K_{a}\) value of each of the following acids without using a calculator (that is, is it between 3 and4, between 9 and 10, and so on?):

1. nitrous acid \(\left(H N O_{2}\right), K_{a}=4.0 \times 10^{-4}\) 3. bicarbonate \(\left(\mathrm{HCO} 3^{-}\right), K_{a}=6.3 \times 10^{-11}\)

2. nitric acid \(\left(H N O_{3}\right), K_{a}=22\) 4. hydrogen cyanide \((H C N), K_{a}=7.9 \times 10^{-10}\)

5. formic acid \((H C O O H), K_{a}=2.0 \times 10^{-4}\)

b. Determine the exact \(p K_{a}\) values, using a calculator.

c. Which is the strongest acid?

Solution

Solution:

Here we will have to calculate the pKa value.

Step 1

a.

1.Nitrous acid (HNO2), Ka = 4.0 10-4

It is known that pKa = -log Ka

The Ka of HNO2 is =4.0 10-4

Substituting the value of Ka , pKa = -log (4.0 10-4)

                       =-log 4 + 4

Thus pKa will be between 3 and 4.

2. Nitric acid (HNO3), Ka = 22

Substituting the value of Ka, pKa = -log (22)

                       = -1.34

Thus pKa will be between -2 and -1.

 

3.Bicarbonate (HCO3-), Ka = 6.310-11

Substituting the value of Ka , pKa = -log (6.310-11)

                       = -log 6.3 +11

Thus pKa will be between 10 to 11.

 

4.Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), Ka = 7.910-10

Substituting the value of Ka, pKa = -log (7.910-10)

                       = -log 7.9 +10

Thus pKa will be between 9 and 10.

 

5.Formic acid (HCOOH), Ka = 2.010-4

Substituting the value of Ka, pKa = -log (2.010-4)

                       = -log 2.0 + 4

Thus pKa will be between 3 and 4.

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Title Organic Chemistry 7 
Author Paula Yurkanis Bruice
ISBN 9781269406772

a. Given the Ka values, estimate the pKa value of each of

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