Oxoacids

[Matt_Fontila_2L_Chem14B]

When Dr. Lavelle was explaining Relative Acidity, he mentioned that oxoacids more readily lose a hydrogen ion if the resulting anion is stabilized bean electron.

What is an oxoacid and what properties make it so different from other acids?

[Matt_Fontila_2L_Chem14B]

*stabilized by an electron

[Ethan Vuong 3G]

So this is what I have come to understand. Hypochlorous Acid is an example of an oxoacid; so the chlorine is an electron withdrawing atom making the oxygen more likely to lost the H+ to be more stable.

[McKenna disc 1C]

Hi!
Oxoacids are acids containing oxygen. I may be wrong, but I believe include hydrogen as well.

[HussainNaib1D]

Yes, oxoacids are acids which contain one more oxygen atoms. They are treated as a different category I believe because in acids with oxygen, their strength is affected by the number of oxygen atoms in the acid since more oxygen atoms will cause more electrons to be pulled away, making the acid stronger.

[Neha Divi 1K]

Adding on to what other students said, an oxoacid is an acid that contains oxygen, one other element, has at least one hydrogen bonded to the oxygen, and forms an ion by the loss of one or more protons. As stated above, acid strength increases when the central atom stays the same and as the number of oxygens attached to it increases. In addition, with the same number of oxygens bonded, acid strength increases as the electronegativity of the central atom increases.