Brpnsted acids dissociation constants

The acid dissociation constant has the same form m Brpnsted-Lowry as m the Arrhenius approach but is expressed m the concentration of H30" rather than The concentration terms [H30" ] and [H" ] are considered equivalent quantities m equilibrium constant expressions... 

Hydrogen bond formation between dissimilar molecules is an example of adduct formation, since the hydrogen atom that is bonded to an electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, is a typical acceptor atom. The ability of molecules to donate a hydrogen bond is measured by their Taft-Kamlet solvatochromic parameter, a, (or a . for the monomer of self-associating solutes) (see Table 2.3). This is also a measure of their acidity (in the Lewis sense, see later, or the Brpnsted sense, if pro tic). Acetic acid, for instance, has a = 1.12, compared with 0.61 for phenol. However, this parameter is not necessarily correlated with the acid dissociation constant in aqueous solutions. 

Identify each of the following terms (a) hydronium ion, (b) Br0nsted-Lowry theory, (c) proton (Brpnsted sense), (d) acid (Brpnsted sense), (e) base (Brpnsted sense), (f) conjugate, (g) strong acid or base, Qi) acid dissociation constant, i) base dissociation constant, (/) autoionization, k) pH, and (Z) K. ... 

Table 4.2 lists a number of Brpnsted acids and their acid dissociation constants. Strong acids are characterized by values that are greater than that for hydronium ion (HsO, /fa = 55). Essentially every molecule of a strong acid transfers a proton to water in dilute aqueous solution. Weak acids have values less than that of H30 they are incompletely ionized in dilute aqueous solution. 

If an acid has a large dissociation constant, for its dissociation into ions, it tends to have a large catalytic coefficient similarly the catalytic strength of a base is greater the larger the base dissociation constant. In 1924 J. N. Brpnsted proposed the following relationship between ka, the catalytic coefficient of an acid, and Ka, its acid dissociation constant ... 

Brpnsted acids are proton donors bases are proton acceptors. Acid strength is measured by the acid dissociation constant A), pXa = —log K. Acids and their deprotonated forms have a conjugate relation. Lewis acids and bases are electron pair acceptors and donors, respectively. 

Brpnsted acid dissociation reactions have the form HA H - - AT, where HA is the acid and AT is the conjugate base. Rather than reporting the raw equilibrium constant (K, most workers find it convenient to use the negative logarithm (p a). 

With reference to a solvent, this term is usually restricted to Brpnsted acids. If the solvent is water, the pH value of the solution is a good measure of the proton-donating ability of the solvent, provided that the concentration of the solute is not too high. For concentrated solutions or for mixtures of solvents, the acidity of the solvent is best indicated by use of an acidity function. See Degree of Dissociation Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation Acid-Base Equilibrium Constants Bronsted Theory Lewis Acid Acidity Function Leveling Effect... 

There are a number of limitations on the Brpnsted relationship. First of aU, the relation holds only for similar types of acids (or bases). For example, carboxylic acids may have a different a values compared to sulfonic acids or phenols. Because charge, and likewise solvation, can greatly influence the reaction rate, deviations of net charge from one catalyst to another can also influence Brpnsted plots. Another limitation on this relationship relates to temperature. Reaction rates and the corresponding dissociation constants for the acids must all be measured at the same temperature (and, most rigorously, in the same solvent). For some systems, this may prove infeasible. A third limitation is that the reaction must indeed be subject to general acid (or base) catalysis. For certain catalysts, deviations from a linear relationship may indicate other modes of action beyond general acid/... 

The dissociation constant for a Brpnsted acid (commonly symbolized K ) is [H+] [A ]/[HA], where HA is the undissociated acid and A represents the conjugate base. In aqueous solutions, water participates in this equilibrium. However, since the concentration of water is large and essentially constant, it has been incorporated into the constant The negative logarithm is referred to as the p/ a for the acid. 

Most neutral acids are much weaker acids in aprotic solvents than in water. This is due largely to their smaller dielectric constants, which increases the energy required for charge separation in the dissociation process. Table 7.9 summarizes the pATa values for several acids in five different solvents.62 There is a tendency in solvents with low dielectric constants, which cannot stabilize the anion of weak Brpnsted acids (HA) by hydrogen bonding, for the anion (A-) to hydrogen bond with the undissociated acid to yield the species AHA-... 

TABLE 8.3 Effective Proton-Activity Dissociation Constants (KJ for Brpnsted Acids in Dimethylformamide (0.5 M TEAP). 

Section 19.1 discusses the Brpnsted theory of acids and bases, which extends the concepts of add and base beyond aqueous solutions and also explains the acidic or basic nature of solutions of most salts. Dissociation constants, the equilibrium constants for the reactions of weak acids or bases with water, are introduced in Section 19.2. The concept of the ionization of covalent compounds is extended to water itself in Section 19.3, which also covers pH, a scale of acidity and basicity. Section 19.4 describes buffer solutions, which resist change in their acidity or basicity even when some strong acid or base is added. Both the preparation and the action of buffer solutions are explained. Section 19.5 discusses the equilibria of acids containing more than one ionizable hydrogen atom per molecule. 

Acids that contain more than one ionizable hydrogen atom per molecule are called polyprotic acids. These acids ionize in steps. The second (or third) proton has a much lower dissociation constant than does the prior proton because it is harder to remove a hydrogen ion the more negatively charged the Brpnsted acid (Table 19.4). Also, the prior ionization produces hydronium ions that repress the further ionization, in accord with LeChatelier s principle. Any acid ionizes less in the presence of a stronger acid (see Example 19.20). Thus, the hydronium ion in a solution of a polyprotic acid comes mainly from the first step in the ionization. 

Brpnsted has shown that there is a general relation between the catalytic constant and the dissociation constant of the acid of the form... 

According to the Brpnsted definition, the acidity of a molecule is associated with its capacity to give up a proton Ph—NH2 — Ph—NH +H+. The change of standard enthalpy or free energy of this deprotonation reaction is a measure of the intrinsic acidity. As discussed above, in solution, the propensity of an aniline derivative is to accept a proton. The measured dissociation constant (pATa) is related to the basicity of the neutral molecule (or the acidity of the anilinium cations). As a consequence, relatively little is known about their acidity and/or the anilinide anions. However, the NH acidities have been well established in hydroxamic acids even though the latter usually behave as O-acids134. It is therefore of interest to get some insight into the deprotonation of aniline in the gas phase. 

The proton activity is defined as Brpnsted acidity and the acidity scale is related to the deprotonation of an acid to an anion. The pH scale is normalized through the convention that the dissociation constant for the hydronium ion ( Thw) is set equal to unity where Ky/= 1.0.10 at 25°C. The pH of a solution is usually measured by determining the potential of a cell in which a... 

Figure 3.27 is plot of the Brpnsted relationship for hydrolysis of a vinyl ether. The plot shows that the effectiveness of the various carboxylic acids as catalysts is related to their dissociation constants. In this particular case, the value of a is 0.79. ... 

The following data give the dissociation constants and rate of acetaldehyde hydration catalysis by each acid. Treat the data according to the Brpnsted equation and discuss the mechanistic significance of the results. 

Brpnsted and Pederson (1924) showed that for a series of acids of similar nature, for example, carboxylic acids, their catalytic constants k for a particular reaction are related to their dissociation constants according to Equation 3.14 (a or b), called the Brpnsted relation ... 

Equation 4.40, which is the Brpnsted relation for acid-catalyzed reactions, states that the rate constant of a reaction catalyzed by an acid is proportional to some power of the dissociation equilibrium constant of the acid used as catalyst. 

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