where does the H go?

[andrea tarelo 3e]

When an acid is deprotonated and loses its H, does it go to the environment or where does it go?

[Natalie Keung 1D]

I believe the H goes to the H20 and forms a proton. H3O+.

[Nathan Morgan 2C]

I agree with the previous post, I believe it goes to the water to make H3O because when we are measuring pH, we have been utilizing the H3O in the reaction to solve pH problems.

[andrea tarelo 3e]

Oh okay! That makes a lot more sense than what I was thinking.

[Gabby Sigal 3H]

Acids always donate a proton (by the bronsted definition) to water (H20) to form (H30+) while bases accept a proton from water (H20) to form OH- on the product side.

[mmcqueen]

the H goes to attach with H20 and make H30+

[Benicio Rivera 1F]

The H goes to the H2O molecules and the product makes H3O.

[sophiavmr]

An acid will always donate a proton to a base. When an acid is dissolved in water, it will typically donate its proton to a water molecule

[Hayden Jackson]

The proton is given to H2O, making H2O the lewis base because it excepts the proton and becomes H3O+, and then the anion left behind by the loss of the H+ proton is just dissolved in water and won't affect pH. Hope this helps!

[Arpita Padhy 3E]

The proton is given to H2O, making H2O the lewis base because it excepts the proton and becomes H3O+, and then the anion left behind by the loss of the H+ proton is just dissolved in water and won't affect pH. Hope this helps!

This was a really good explanation, thank you!

[Hannah Choi 1K]

Yeah. Essentially, the H+ will go over to H2O to form hydronium (H3O+)

[Darren Apostol 2L]

The H+ will join with water to form H3O+ (hydronium).

[Nicole Ton 3C]

Most of the time, we are assuming these acids are in an aqueous solution, meaning they are surrounded by water. So, when an acid loses its H, it goes to an H2O molecule and combines with it to make H3O+. This is why acids lower pH; they raise the levels of H3O+.

[Mahika Saoji 3K]

Hi! When an acid is deprotonated, the H goes to the hydrogen and forms H3O+. I hope that helped!

[Maia V 1L]

It will attach to a water molecule and become H3O+ this is what makes the solution acidic

[Nataly Antonova 1B]

I believe that we mostly talk about aqueous solutions in the course and in this case, H+ will bong to a water molecule H₂O to form a hydronium ion H₃O+

[HaleyC 2F]

The acid donates the H+ to H20 and it forms H30+.

[Yewon Jang 3K]

H+ bonds to a water molecule in order to form a H3O+ ion

[Eszter Kovacs 1A]

Depends on what solution it's in, in water it will attach to a water molecule to form H3O+.

[Ashley Fakolujo 3H]

So the added thing will always be H3O?

[Polo Morales 3C]

If it is in an aqueous solution then it will donate the proton (H+) to H2O and create a hydronium cation (H3O+). This will thereby lower the pH. Hope this helps!