Conjugate Bases

[Vikramjeet Gill 1C]

Can someone explain what conjugate bases and conjugate acids are?

[Lumbini Chandrasekera 1B]

Conjugate bases and acids are pretty much the products which a reactant becomes after going through a reaction. If a substance is an acid as a reactant and accepts an electron pair in a reaction, it becomes a base on the product side of a chemical equation, making it a conjugate base. Generally the difference between the two is whether they have an H+ or not and you can differentiate the two accordingly.

[305127455]

Conjugate acids and bases exist in pairs, typically one on the left of the equation, and the other on the right of the equation. For example, in the equation H2SO4 + H2O → HSO4- + H3O+, H2SO4 donates an H+ and becomes HSO4-. In this case, We say H2SO4, relative to HSO4-, is conjugate acid since it donates an H+, and HSO4- is a conjugate base relative to H2SO4 since it accepts H+.

[mbaker4E]

If you have an acid, its conjugate base would be the result of losing a H+, and if you have a base, its conjugate acid would be the result of gaining an H+.

[Eunice Lee 1A]

The conjugate base of an acid would be the product of that acid losing a proton (H+). The conjugate acid of a base would be the product of that base gaining a proton (H+).

[davidryan3f]

Conjugate bases are the result of the acid after it donates its proton. Comjugate acids are the result of the base after it accepts its proton.

[Angel Chen 2k]

To add on, Conjugate acid/base pair are compounds that differ by one H+. After a reaction, all acid/base would have a conjugate base/acid.

[Nicolle Fernandez 1E]

A conjugate base of an acid would be the acid minus one hydrogen, and a conjugate acid of a base is if you add a hydrogen