Conjugate base
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Conjugate base
How can you tell if something is a conjugate base? Any info about conjugate bases would be helpful!
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Re: Conjugate base
A conjugate base is any molecule that is conjugate to the original acid from the equation. In a reaction with an acid, the conjugate base is whatever molecule is made after the acid donates its proton or loses an H.
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Re: Conjugate base
Conjugate bases are what remain when an acid donates a proton. In a reaction, you can spot them because they are often negatively charged because they have donated a proton during the reaction. For example, formic acid, HCOOH, has a conjugate base of HCO2- (the H+ is removed from the carboxyl group in carboxylic acids).
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Re: Conjugate base
acid+base-->conj. base+ conj. acid. The conjugate base is an anion so that will help you identify it.
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Re: Conjugate base
the conjugate base comes from an acid after it loses the proton, ie sulfuric acid H2SO4 its conjugate base is HSO4-
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Re: Conjugate base
If the reaction is in water, then whatever molecule that isn't the hydronium or hydroxide ion is the conjugate acid/base, depending on whether the molecule before the reaction is an acid or a base. Acids have conjugate bases and bases have conjugate acids.
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