https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/05/30/acid-base-reactions-whats-the-point/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/05/30/acid-base-reactions-whats-the-point/#comment-642360 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:53:29 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=5165#comment-642360 I am really glad that i gained something from reading the write-up.
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]]> https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/05/30/acid-base-reactions-whats-the-point/#comment-536041 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:45:47 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=5165#comment-536041 You guys rock! Thank you for reinspiring my love of chemistry with your global perspective and spelling out the important parts in language I want to read! Thank you, thank you!!

]]> https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/05/30/acid-base-reactions-whats-the-point/#comment-163633 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:57:47 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=5165#comment-163633 Dear all,
There are still two things I don’t understand about acid-base reactions, and they have to do with the acidity of water:
(1) Generally, water is neutral, right? It donates protons just as likely as it accepts them. But is that actually correct? And does that make water a special molecule, as most (all?) other molecules have some tendency towards accepting or donating protons. Or did I mess something up here?
(2) You state that water has a pKa of 15 point something. Some internet chemists, however, state that its pKa is exactly 14 by definition. Which is true? Also, some state that H3O+ has a pKa of -1.74 while others are convinced that it must be exactly zero by definition. Who is right?
Best regards!

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