6C.7 Textbook Question

Acidity
Basicity
The Conjugate Seesaw

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Holiday Parsons 2D
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6C.7 Textbook Question

Postby Holiday Parsons 2D » Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:39 pm

Hi I attached a picture of question 6C.7 from the textbook. I'm just wondering why we were able to apply the pKb value for NH2OH and (CH3)2NH on the table (6C.2, attached that also) for the bases that the problem gave us: +NH3OH and (CH3)2NH2+. I notice that the problem gave us the versions with an additional proton. So if those are the conjugate acids, are their pKb values equal to its corresponding base?
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Re: 6C.7 Textbook Question

Postby Arnav Ranade 2K » Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:41 pm

Yes. The last two are conjugate acids of weak bases, so to find their Ka you have to divide Kw by the Kb of their conjugate weak bases, which are given in the table.


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