Deprotonate/Protonate

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BriannaDis2C
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Deprotonate/Protonate

Postby BriannaDis2C » Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:30 pm

Which type of acids are the type where almost all the molecules deprotonate/protonate? Is this the more common acid?
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Yuzhe Yuan
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Re: Deprotonate/Protonate

Postby Yuzhe Yuan » Wed Dec 01, 2021 4:37 pm

Hi,

weak acids tend to protonate and strong acids tend to deprotonate.
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VeronicaShepherd3B
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Re: Deprotonate/Protonate

Postby VeronicaShepherd3B » Wed Dec 01, 2021 4:43 pm

Deprotonate acids remove the proton from an acid-base reaction while protonate acids add a proton.
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