Timeline for Why do weak acids like ethanol not act as a strong base in water?
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| May 11, 2019 at 19:30 | history | edited | andselisk♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 11, 2019 at 4:42 | vote | accept | Paraxanthoquinone | ||
| May 9, 2019 at 23:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 9, 2019 at 21:21 | comment | added | Karl | @WilliamR.Ebenezer ;-) Confuses me again every few years. | |
| May 9, 2019 at 21:10 | answer | added | Karl | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 9, 2019 at 20:52 | comment | added | William R. Ebenezer | @Karl Alright. The "very weak" makes sense then. | |
| May 9, 2019 at 20:40 | comment | added | Karl | @WilliamR.Ebenezer Definitely not. | |
| May 9, 2019 at 20:30 | comment | added | William R. Ebenezer | @Karl did you mean strong conjugate base in the last line of your comment? | |
| May 9, 2019 at 19:47 | history | edited | Karl | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
i think this is what you meant, right?
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| May 9, 2019 at 19:46 | comment | added | Karl | and ethanol is a very weak acid, hence it's conjugate base is strong. A weak acid like EtOOH also has a weak conjugate base. | |
| May 9, 2019 at 17:33 | comment | added | MaxW | And because pKa > 14, $\ce{EtO-}$ isn't going to exist in aqueous solution to any practical measure, making it a very strong base. $$\ce{EtO- + H2O -> EtOH + OH-}$$ | |
| May 9, 2019 at 16:14 | history | edited | Paraxanthoquinone | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 9, 2019 at 16:14 | comment | added | orthocresol | It's the $\mathrm pK_\mathrm b$ of the conjugate base, not ethanol itself. $$\mathrm pK_\mathrm a(\ce{EtOH}) + \mathrm pK_\mathrm b(\ce{EtO-}) = 14$$ | |
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| May 9, 2019 at 16:06 | history | asked | Paraxanthoquinone | CC BY-SA 4.0 |