Definition of Monoprotic

[Ruth Rosales 3D]

I know that it is mainly used to describe acids, but apart from that, I am not really sure what it means.

mono = one?

[Edward Tang 1k]

monoprotic just means the acid has one donatable proton, for example HNO3. Whereas polyprotic would have more than 1 proton like H2SO4.

[705383815]

Yep. If an acid is a monoprotic acid, then it is only able to offer one hydrogen ion to a solution.

[Andreas Krumbein 1L]

Since the hydrogen atom has only one proton and one electron, when the electron is removed from the atom, the atom exists as a solitary proton. Thus H⁺ atoms are simply free protons. When the H⁺ is able to bond to form a larger molecule, the molecule has one or more protons bonded to it. Ergo a molecule, or more specifically, an acid that has only one H⁺ bonded to it is monoprotic. This means that acids like HNO₃ and HCl are monoprotic. However, it is worth mentioning that monoprotic only refers to the number of hydrogen atoms that can be ionized; for example, CH₃COOH has four hydrogen atoms within the molecule, but the hydrogen atoms within the acetate anion (CH₃COO) cannot be ionized, so CH₃COOH is monoprotic.

[IshanModiDis2L]

I would agree with the others, monoprotic just means the acid has one donatable proton to give off whereas polyprotic acids can give off multiple.

[Alyson Chou 3H]

monoprotic means it has one Hydrogen (H)