Chapter 16, Problem 129AP

Like water, liquid ammonia undergoes autoionization:

${\text{NH}}_{\text{3}}{\text{ + NH}}_{\text{3}}\rightleftarrows {\text{NH}}_4^{+}{\text{ + NH}}_2^{-}$

(a) Identify the Brønsted acids and Brønsted bases in this reaction. (b) What species correspond to ${\text{H}}_{\text{3}}{\text{O}}^{+}{\text{and OH}}^{\text{-}}\text{,}$ and what is the condition for a neutral solution?