Conjugates

[Netpheel Wang 4L]

How do you find the conjugate acid and base for an acid and base? Did we go over this in lecture yet?

[Andrea Zheng 1H]

For an acid, the conjugate base would just be the structure of the molecule after the acid donates a proton (when it is deprotonated). For a base, the conjugate acid is when the base accepts the proton (when it is protonated).

There is a more detailed description and examples in the textbook on pg 466 (6th edition)

[Imelda Mena 3I]

Andrea pretty much explained it already but to give you an example, we can look at the common reaction of:
HCl + H2O --> Cl- + H3O+
and from this we know that HCl is an acid and it produces the Cl- which is its conjugate base, likewise, H2O which is a base turns into H3O+ which is its conjugate acid. Hope this helps!