Proton acceptor and proton donor?
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Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Which is a proton acceptor and which is the proton donor? I always forget it lol
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Acids are proton donors. Bases are proton acceptors. Something that is acidic has a lot of protons in it, because the acids lost them (i.e donated) in the solution.
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
the proton donor is the acid, and the base is the proton acceptor
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Based on the Bronsted definition of acids and bases, acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors. (The Lewis definition deals with whether species donate or accept electron pairs.)
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
The Bronsted Acid is the proton donor and the Bronsted Base is the proton acceptor.
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The proton acceptor is the Bronstead Base/ e- pair donator (Lewis Base), and the proton donor is the Bronstead Acid/ e- pair acceptor (Lewis Acid).
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Proton acceptors are known as bases and proton donors are acids.
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According to the Bronsted-Lowry defintion, acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors
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The Bronsted definition says that acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors!
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Acids: proton donors
Bases: proton acceptors
These terms are more directly related to Bronsted-Lowry descriptions.
Bases: proton acceptors
These terms are more directly related to Bronsted-Lowry descriptions.
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Acids are the proton donor and bases are the proton acceptor (Bronsted definition).
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Bronsted acids are proton donors and Bronsted bases are proton acceptors. Lewis acids and Bases have to do with non-bonding electrons.
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Re: Proton acceptor and proton donor?
Kimberly Bauer 4E wrote:Which is a proton acceptor and which is the proton donor? I always forget it lol
A Bronsted acid donates a proton.
A Bronsted base accepts a proton.
This is different than
A Lewis acid accepts an e- pair.
A Lewis Base donates an e- pair.
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Bronsted Acids donate protons and Bronsted Bases accepts protons.
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The ones that donate protons are acids. The ones that accept these protons are bases.
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bases are proton acceptors, so they gain a H+. acids are proton donors, so they lose a H+
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Acids are the ones who give the proton, aka H+, while bases are the ones who receive it.
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Acids are the proton donors while bases are the proton acceptors.
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The proton acceptor would be the base and the proton donor is the acid.
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Acids will give out H+, making them proton donors.
Bases will gain the H+, making them the proton acceptors.
Bases will gain the H+, making them the proton acceptors.
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