Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 3, Problem 37P
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The structures of H3PO4 (triprotic acid) and H3PO3 (diprotic acid), which account for the difference in behavior, are to be drawn.

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If a molecule is said to acidic, the acidic hydrogen must be attached to a highly electronegative atom.

The molecule that can potentially donate three protons is known as a triprotic acid and the molecule that can potentially donate two protons is known as a diprotic acid.

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