CHEM 2E03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Conjugate Acid, Acid Dissociation Constant, Stage Name
14 Dec 2019
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C h a p t e r 3. A c i d s a n d b a s es. 3. 1 bronsted-lowry acids and bases: acids donate a proton, bases accept a proton. Strong acids: equilibrium lies far on the right-hand side conjugate conjugate base acid. The making and breaking of bonds involve electron movement: we use curved arrows to describe the flow of electron density. They are the same as curved arrows used to draw resonance, but the curved arrows are describing the physical movement of electrons: consider the example, the base attacks the acid, using a pair of electrons. Acid cannot lose its proton without the base taking it. All acid/base reactions occur in one step: mechanism shows 2 arrows indicating that two pairs of electrons move simultaneously. The strength of an acid or base is helpful to predict how reactions will progress.
