Basicity of solution

When the acidity or the basicity of the solute molecule is high enough to stretch the OH or OD bond to the point of rupture, then the molecule dissociates into ions in solution. Therefore the dissociation constants also serve as a measure of acidity or basicity of solute molecules, especially those which are subject to significant ionization. Since the coulombic forces causing repulsion of ions at membrane-solution interfaces extend to distances farther than those involved in the polar hydrogen bonding repulsions of nonionized solutes at such interfaces, one would expect that a dissociated molecule to be repelled and, in... 

Pyruvaldehyde conversion to LA is base-catalyzed while hydrogenation of pyruvaldehyde to PG is not (Scheme 1). Thus, the influence of solvent on basicity of solution must be considered as an additional factor in the observed differences in reactivity. From control experiments, we know that without base GO hydrogenolysls in water does not take place. In Figure 6, it is seen that increasing KOH concentration from 0.1 to 0.25M in water resulted in a PG yield increasing from 13% to 25%, while similar experiments in i-PrOH/water solvent with KOH concentration... 

Survey the basics of solutions. Chemists usually measure the concentration of solutions in terms of molarity. In addition, temperature and dilution can alter solution chemistry. 

Addition and other reactions The relative basicities of solutions of n-BuLi in cyclohexane as a function of the addition of increasing increments of THF or TMEDA have been assessed.66 By measuring the rates of loss of chlorobenzene in the varied media... 

The Brpnsted theory expands the definitions of acids and bases to explain the acidity or basicity of solutions previously regarded as salts chemskiii Builder 18.1 and to explain reactions in other than aqueous solutions. 

The photoaddition of alcohols to 126a and 126b depends on the nature of alcohols and the basicity of solutions. The photoaddition of pure ROH to 126a and 126b is only... 

The pH scale is a convenient way to compare the acidity and basicity of solutions. 

Tremillon introduced the common oxoacidity function, ft, as a measure of the relative acidity (basicity) of solutions of various substances in molten media. This parameter is similar to the well-known protic acidity functions, H0 (Hammett function) and pA (Izmailov s acidity function) considered in Part 1. In terms of the primary medium effects, the function ft may be represented as the sum of the primary medium effect of O2- for the given medium (—logy0O2 ) and the instrumentally measured pO (pOl) in this medium ... 

The nature and concentration of the solutes added to water do alter the relative concentrations of H3O+ and OH" present, but the product, [H3O+KOH-], always equals 1.0 X IQ- at 25°C. This relationship is the basis for a scale that is useful in the measurement of the level of acidity or basicity of solutions. This scale, the pH scale, is discussed next. 

Figure 6. Basicity of solution with 100 mmoles NaCl/kg and saturated with gypsum. Numbers on curves denote mmoles Mg/kg HzO.

However, it seems more likely that the acids are produced by hydrolysis of disulphides. Wallace and Schrieshiem [115—117] have shown that thiols may be oxidised to disulphides or sulphonic acids at will, depending on the basicity of solution and on temperature, viz. on ... 

Bases feel slippery because they react with oils on your skin to form soaplike substances. Soap itself is basic, and its slippery feel is characteristic of bases. Some household cleaning solutions, such as ammonia, are also basic and have the typical slippery feel of a base. Bases turn red litmus paper blue ( Figure 14.4). In the laboratory, litmus paper is routinely used to test the basicity of solutions. 

Chemists have devised a scale based on the hydrogen ion concentration to compactly express the acidity or basicity of solutions. The scale is called the pH scale and at 25 °C has tiiese general characteristics ... 

IN THIS CHAPTER, we apply the equilibrium concepts learned in the previous chapter to acid-base phenomena. Acids are common in many foods, such as limes, lemons, and vinegar, and in a number of consumer products, such as toilet cleaners and batteries. Bases are less common in foods but are key ingredients in consumer products such as drain openers and antacids. We will examine three different models for acid-base behavior, all of which define that behavior differently. In spite of their differences, the three models coexist, each being useful at explaining a particular range of acid-base phenomena. We also examine how to calculate the acidity or basicity of solutions and define a useful scale, called the pH scale, to quantify acidity and basicity. These types of calculations often involve solving the kind of equilibrium problems that we explored in Chapter 14. 

The latter is introduced as the concentration analog of -logy 2- since there is no information about the activity coefficients in the literature. For tSi standard solution of oxide ions in solvent L Q = pIl. It is seen that Q can be used as a characteristic of the relative basicity of solution with any concentration of oxide ion in solvent L, whereas pIl index describes the oxoacidic properties of this solvent. Melts or solutions more basic than the standard solution in the reference melt have negative values of Q and these possessing weaker basicity are characterized by positive Q values. More detailed relation between and pIl is pertinent from Fig. 9.2.2. 

In the former, it gives precipitates with halides (except the fluoride), cyanides, thiocyanates, chromates(VI), phosphate(V), and most ions of organic acids. The silver salts of organic acids are obtained as white precipitates on adding silver nitrate to a neutral solution of the acid. These silver salts on ignition leave silver. When this reaction is carried out quantitatively, it provides a means of determining the basicity of the acid... 

So now that we have all the reagents out of the way let s see how the reaction proceeds. There s the clear- yellow "safrole" sitting in the bottom if the flask and the clear saturated KOH solution is dumped in. The solution is heated to reflux etc. and yes, some brown byproducts and destruction artifacts will appear. Especially if the safrole is not pure. These byproducts should be expected to some extent because concentrated basic (OH) solutions can be as nasty as concentrated acidic solutions. One is mindful that KOH is less intrusive towards the delicate methylenedioxy ring structure of the safrole/isosafrole molecule. 

The selective intermolecular addition of two different ketones or aldehydes can sometimes be achieved without protection of the enol, because different carbonyl compounds behave differently. For example, attempts to condense acetaldehyde with benzophenone fail. Only self-condensation of acetaldehyde is observed, because the carbonyl group of benzophenone is not sufficiently electrophilic. With acetone instead of benzophenone only fi-hydroxyketones are formed in good yield, if the aldehyde is slowly added to the basic ketone solution. Aldols are not produced. This result can be generalized in the following way aldehydes have more reactive carbonyl groups than ketones, but enolates from ketones have a more nucleophilic carbon atom than enolates from aldehydes (G. Wittig, 1968). 

This bathochromic shift is typical of 77 —> tt transitions. The behavior of the water solution when acidified was attributed by Albert (175) absorption by the thiazolium cation, by analogy with pyridine. However, allowance is made for the very weak basicity of thiazole (pK = 2.52) compared with that of pyridine (pK = 5.2), Ellis and Griffiths (176) consider the differences between the spectrum of thiazole in water and in... 

Step in the dehydration phase is rate determining when the reaction is carried out in acid solution If the solution is too acidic however protonation of the amine blocks step 1 Therefore there is some optimum pH usually about 5 at which the reaction rate is a maximum Too basic a solution reduces the rate of step 4 too acidic a solution reduces the rate of step 1... 

AIM solution of imidazohum chloride is acidic AIM solution of imidazole is basic A solution containing equal molar quantities of imidazole and imidazohum chlonde has a pH of 7... 

Strong and Weak Bases Just as the acidity of an aqueous solution is a measure of the concentration of the hydronium ion, H3O+, the basicity of an aqueous solution is a measure of the concentration of the hydroxide ion, OH . The most common example of a strong base is an alkali metal hydroxide, such as sodium hydroxide, which completely dissociates to produce the hydroxide ion. 

To accommodate smaller liquid flows of about 10 pl/min, micro-ultrasonic nebulizers have been designed. Although basically similar in operation to standard ultrasonic nebulizers, in these micro varieties, the end of a very-small-diameter capillary, through which is pumped the sample solution, is in contact with the surface of the transducer. This arrangement produces a thin stream of solution that runs down and across the center of the face of the transducer. The stream of sample... 

Lead styphnate monohydrate is precipitated as the basic salt from a mixture of solutions of magnesium styphnate and lead acetate followed by conversion to the normal form by acidification using dilute nitric acid (97—99). 

Quantitative Analysis of All llithium Initiator Solutions. Solutions of alkyUithium compounds frequentiy show turbidity associated with the formation of lithium alkoxides by oxidation reactions or lithium hydroxide by reaction with moisture. Although these species contribute to the total basicity of the solution as determined by simple acid titration, they do not react with allyhc and henzylic chlorides or ethylene dibromide rapidly in ether solvents. This difference is the basis for the double titration method of determining the amount of active carbon-bound lithium reagent in a given sample (55,56). Thus the amount of carbon-bound lithium is calculated from the difference between the total amount of base determined by acid titration and the amount of base remaining after the solution reacts with either benzyl chloride, allyl chloride, or ethylene dibromide. 

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