Aqueous solutions acid-base neutrality

A system of parallel reactions as shown in Fig. 5.3-9 was studied by Paul et at. (1992). The reactions are an acid-base neutralization and a base-catalysed hydrolysis of product (C). The labile compound (Q is in solution in an organic solvent, and aqueous NaOH is added to raise the pH from 2 to 7. Enolization occurs under basic conditions and is accompanied by irreversible decomposition (ring opening), which is not shown in the figure. The system was studied in the laboratory using the 6-Iitre reactor shown in Fig. 5.3-10. 

Rubbing a dock leaf (which contains an organic base) on the site of a nettle sting (which contains acid) will neutralize the acid and relieve the pain Aqueous solutions of base feel soapy to the touch... 

Other groups have achieved CNT forest assemblies by electrostatic SWNT-COO / Fe interactions also starting with shortened CNTs. The assembly process involves sequential substrate dipping in dilute Nafion and aqueous FeCl3 solutions followed by DMF-assisted precipitation of the nafion-adsorbed Fe to produce thin FeO(OH)/FeOCl nanocrystals. Subsequent immersion into a DMF disperse nanotube suspension produces the forest assembly that is driven by acid-base neutralization [12, 61, 121[. 

Acid-base neutralization reactions are processes in which an acid reacts with a base to yield water plus an ionic compound called a salt. You might recall from Section 2.9 that we defined acids as compounds that produce H+ ions when dissolved in water and bases as compounds that produce OH- ions when dissolved in water. Thus, the driving force behind a neutralization reaction is the production of the stable covalent water molecule by removal of H + and OH- ions from solution. The reaction between hydrochloric acid and aqueous sodium hydroxide to yield water plus aqueous sodium chloride is a typical example ... 

There are three important classes of aqueous reactions. Precipitation reactions occur when solutions of two ionic substances are mixed and a precipitate falls from solution. To predict whether a precipitate will form, you must know the solubility of each potential product. Acid-base neutralization reactions occur when an acid is mixed with a base, yielding water and a salt. The neutralization of a strong acid with a strong base can be written as a net ionic equation, in which nonparticipating, spectator ions are not specified ... 

This is the process whereby the quantity of an acid is just balanced by the addition of a base or alkali. The hydrogen ions are just balanced by the OH- ions in an aqueous solution to form neutral water... 

The Arrhenius model of acids and bases If pure water itself is neutral, how does an aqueous solution become acidic or basic The first person to answer this question was the Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius, who in 1883 proposed what is now called the Arrhenius model of acids and bases. The Arrhenius model states that an acid is a substance that contains hydrogen and ionizes to produce hydrogen ions in aqueous solution. A base is a substance that contains a hydroxide group and dissociates to produce a hydroxide ion in aqueous solution. Some household acids and bases are shown in Figure 19-3. 

Several techniques are now being developed to neutralize the acid in the paper. As we have seen, most acid-base reactions take place in water, and there are obvious problems with dunking a book in an aqueous solution of base. The challenge, then, has been to develop a technique in which a gas is used to neutralize acid in the paper without causing further damage. 

Recall that in an aqueous solution, a H+ ion exists as a H3O+ ion, so the net ionic equation for an acid-base neutralization reaction is... 

Acid-base chemistry was first satisfactorily explained in molecular terms after Ostwald and Arrhenius established the existence of ions in aqueous solution in the late nineteenth century (Arrhenius received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Arrhenius acids yield hydrogen ions in aqueous solution Arrhenius bases yield hydroxide ions in aqueous solution. The neutralization of hydrogen and hydroxide ions to form water, the net ionic equation of... 

One requirement for a reaction to occur is that the chemicals involved must be able to mix and interact with one another. Thus the physical state of the reactants can be important. In particular, an aqueous solution is often used as the medium for a reaction. To describe reactions in the aqueous phase effectively, we often need to specify the molar concentration of the solutions used. We also have options about how to write the chemical reaction itself—as a molecular equation, for example, or a net ionic equation. Several classes of chemical reactions, such as precipitation reactions or acid-base neutralizations, are sufficiently common that additional definitions have been established to improve our ability to communicate about them. 

Consider a linear polyelectrolyte chain with m monomer units. Each monomer xmit contains a chemical moiety that is sensitive to the aqueous environment. Examples of such groups include carboxylic acids, amine bases, or generalized bases with the corresponding coxmterions such as sulfate and sodium ions. For convenience, we will restrict attention to monovalent systems, but more complicated polymers such as DNA can be treated in the same manner. If the chain in dilute aqueous solution is electrically neutral, the conformation will be determined by the persistence length of the chain, the overall chain length, and the solvent quality, just as for any linear polymer in dilute solution. However, dissociation of some of the species in... 

Neutralization of sulfonic acid is similar in the case of either an oleum or a SO3 sulfonation process. The sulfonic acid can be neutralized with aqueous solutions of base that is, KOH, NH4OH, NaOH, or alkanola-mines. The sodium salts are used for formulating spray-dried detergents for household laundry consumption. Ammonium and alkanolamine neutralized salts generally are used in light duty liquid detergents. In general, neutralized salts from oleum sulfonation contain approximately 8 to 10 percent sodium sulfate, where as those from air/SO 3 sulfonation contain only 2 to 3 percent sodium sulfate. 

The reaction of an acid and a base in aqueous solution is called a neutralization reaction. The products of a neutralization reaction are a salt and water. A salt is an ionic compound composed of a positive ion from a base and a negative ion from an acid. An example of an acid-base neutralization is the reaction of nitric acid and calcium hydroxide to form calcium nitrate and water. 

The formation of a molecular compound remaining in aqueous solution (case for the production of Hp (1) in acid-base neutralization reactions). 

Carbonate salts and many organic compounds form carbon dioxide on heating. Carboxylic acids can be converted to the silver salt by adding silver nitrate to the aqueous solution and then neutralizing with ammonia or any other base (Bentley, 1949a). The precipitated silver salt is filtered or centrifuged, washed, dried, and pyrolyzed to COj at 400 C. The silver salts can also be decarboxylated by treatment with bromine in carbon tetrachloride (the Hunsdiecker reaction). In all cases decarboxylation must be carried out in a water-free environment to avoid isotopic dilution by exchange. 

In acidic aqueous solutions at room temperature, the imidazoline has not been observed to undergo hydrolytic ring fissure The imidazoline ring is extremely reactive in the presence of water in non-aqueous and aqueous solutions that are neutral or basic. The imidazoline undergoes a base-catalyzed hydrolisis ring opening resulting in an amide reaction product (Reaction... 

Step 2. Extraction of the basic components. Extract the ethereal solution (Ej) with 15 ml. portions of 5 per cent, hydrochloric acid until all the basic components have been removed two or three portions of acid are usually sufficient. Preserve the residual ethereal solution (E2) for the separation of the neutral components. Wa.sh the combined acid extracts with 15-20 ml. of ether discard the ether extract as in Step 1. Make the acid extract alkaline with 10-20 per cent, sodium hydroxide solution if any basic component separates, extract it with ether, evaporate the ether, and characterise the residue. If a water-soluble base is also present, it may be recognised by its characteristic ammoniacal odour it may be isolated from the solution remaining after the separation of the insoluble base by ether extraction by distilling the aqueous solution as long as the distillate is alkahne to htmus. Identify the base with the aid of phenyl iso-thiocyanate (compare Section 111,123) or by other means. 

Inorganic analytes that are neutral in aqueous solutions may still be analyzed if they can be converted to an acid or base. For example, N03 can be quantitatively analyzed by reducing it to NH3 in a strongly alkaline solution using Devarda s alloy, a mixture of 50% w/w Cu, 45% w/w Al, and 5% w/w Zn. 

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