Self-Assessment Exercises SAE 16.22 Which of the following molecules will act as a weak base? H C-N "ལེགས་”ཡི་ ད་རི་ཨིན་ཡ O-H H H H N H H H H (i) C3N2H4 (ii) CH3CH2COOH a. only i HHHH H-C-C-C-C-O-H HHHH (iii) CH3CH2CH2CH₂OH b. only ii c. only iii d. i and iii e. all three molecules

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My book says, "Weak bases fall into two general categories. The first category is neutral substances that have an atom with a nonbonding pair of electrons that can accept a proton."

Then at the end of the chapter, it asks "Which of the following molecules will act as a weak base?"

Among the options on the list that are not weak bases is CH3CH2CH2CH2OH, with an O atom singly bonded to a C and an H (see picture).

So it should have 2 nonbonding electron pairs, right?  So why doesn't the O on this molecule act as a base by letting an H+ ion share its non-bonded electron? 

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SAE 16.22 Which of the following molecules will act as a weak base?
H
H H
ཚེས་ས་ ད་པར་་་
H
H
H
(i) C3N2H4
a. only i
b. only ii
H-C-C
H H O-H
(ii) CH3CH2COOH
HHHH
H-C-C-C-C-O-H
H H H H
(iii) CH3CH2CH2CH2OH
c. only iii
d. i and iii
e. all three molecules
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a. only i
Transcribed Image Text:Self-Assessment Exercises SAE 16.22 Which of the following molecules will act as a weak base? H H H ཚེས་ས་ ད་པར་་་ H H H (i) C3N2H4 a. only i b. only ii H-C-C H H O-H (ii) CH3CH2COOH HHHH H-C-C-C-C-O-H H H H H (iii) CH3CH2CH2CH2OH c. only iii d. i and iii e. all three molecules ^ Hide a. only i
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