Weak bases strengths

The typical strong acid of the water system is the hydrated proton H30+, and the role of the conjugate base is minor if it is a sufficiently weak base, e.g. Cl-, Br-, and C104. The conjugate bases have strengths that vary inversely as the strengths of the respective acids. It can easily be shown that the basic ionisation constant of the conjugate base KR canj is equal to Kw/KA conj, where Kw is the ionic product of water. 

In a solvent with weak acidity, the solvent molecule cannot easily release a proton. Thus, the pH region is wider on the basic side than in water some strong bases, whose strengths are leveled in water, are differentiated some very weak acids, which cannot be determined by neutralization titration in water, can be determined. In contrast, in a solvent with strong acidity, a proton is easily released from the solvent molecule. Thus, the pH region is narrow on the basic side strong bases are easily leveled neutralization titrations of very weak acids are impossible. 

In a very new report, Fujino et al. challenge the two-isomerization-mechanism concept on the basis of their time-resolved and time-integrated femtosecond fluorescence measurements of B-azobenzene following excitation of the (7t,7t ) State. They use the extremely weak fluorescence (cf. Figure 1.8) as an indicator for the population of the emitting state. From the ratios of their measured fluorescence lifetimes (S2 0.11 ps Sp 0.5 ps) and the radiative lifetimes deduced from the (absorption-spectra-based) oscillator strengths, they determine the fluorescence quantum yields 2.5310 for the emission and 7.5410" for the Si—>So emission. By comparison... 

Acid-base reactions are classified by the strength of the acid and base. Three reactions are of interest strong acid-strong base, weak acid-strong base, and weak base-strong acid. 

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A four-solvent, seven-mixture optimization approach, similar to that described in Section IV.A above but based on Snyder s RP solvent strength (S) values (133), was illustrated by Sherma and Charvat (134) for C-18 RPTLC using methanol, acetonitrile, and THF, with water as the weak, strength-adjusting carrier. Additional solvent modifiers recommended for RPTLC include isopropanol, dimethylformamide, and DMSO. 

I want to introduce you to a couple of different categories of acids and bases — strong and weak. Strength refers to the amount of ionization or breaking apart that a particular acid... 

When a strongly basic probe, like 2-phenylethylamine (PEA), in the decane solvent is used for titrating the NBO and NBP surfaces (Fig. 8.14), the information obtained on the two acid surfaces support the conclusions obtained from the more classical determinations of acidity using gas-solid calorimetric adsorption and thermal desorption approaches [110]. The calorimetric curve of acid-base titration in decane for NBP always lies above that of NBO, and the difference between the two curves increases as the titration progresses further. This seems confirming that the main difference between the NBO and NBP surfaces has to be ascribed to the medium and weak strength acid sites. 

All other things being equal, the strength of a weak acid increases if it is placed in a solvent that is more basic than water, whereas the strength of a weak base increases if it is placed in a solvent that is more acidic than water. In some cases, however, the opposite effect is observed. For example, the pKb for ammonia is 4.76 in water and 6.40 in the more acidic glacial acetic acid. In contradiction to our expectations, ammonia is a weaker base in the more acidic solvent. A full description of the solvent s effect on a weak acid s piQ or on the pKb of a weak base is beyond the scope of this text. You should be aware, however, that titrations that are not feasible in water may be feasible in a different solvent. 

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