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This tag should be applied to questions concerning acid and base reactions. An acid is capable of donating a hydron/ proton (Brønsted acid) or capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair (Lewis acid). A base on the other hand is a chemical species/ molecular entity having an available pair of electrons capable of forming a covalent bond with a hydron/ proton (Brønsted base) or with the vacant orbital of some other species (Lewis base).

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What is the basicity order of peroxide, superoxide and hydroxide anions?

My teacher told me superoxide and peroxide anion are more basic than hydroxide but according to Wikipedia Given that the hydroperoxyl radical has a pKa of around 4.8 and and pKa of H2O is Acidity …