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On the other hand, if a chemical is a weak acid its conjugate base will not necessarily be strong. Consider that ethanoate, the conjugate base of ethanoic acid, has a base splitting constant (Kb) of about 5.6 × 10 −10, making it a weak base. In order for a species to have a strong conjugate base it has to be a very weak acid, like water.
Two elements , are conjugate if there exists an element such that =, in which case is called a conjugate of and is called a conjugate of . In the case of the general linear group GL ( n ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {GL} (n)} of invertible matrices , the conjugacy relation is called matrix similarity .
In chemistry, azide (/ ˈ eɪ z aɪ d /, AY-zyd) is a linear, polyatomic anion with the formula N − 3 and structure − N=N + =N −.It is the conjugate base of hydrazoic acid HN 3. Organic azides are organic compounds with the formula RN 3, containing the azide functional group. [1]
Group 1 salts of carbanions, amide ions, and hydrides tend to be even stronger bases due to the extreme weakness of their conjugate acids, which are stable hydrocarbons, amines, and dihydrogen. Usually, these bases are created by adding pure alkali metals such as sodium into the conjugate acid.
The requirement for a good leaving group is relaxed in conjugate base elimination reactions. These reactions include loss of a leaving group in the β position of an enolate as well as the regeneration of a carbonyl group from the tetrahedral intermediate in nucleophilic acyl substitution.
In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom. They are written as RO −, where R is the organyl substituent. Alkoxides are strong bases [citation needed] and, when R is not bulky, good nucleophiles and good ligands.
Sodium phenoxide is a moderately strong base. Acidification gives phenol: [5] PhOH ⇌ PhO − + H + (K = 10 −10) The acid-base behavior is complicated by homoassociation, reflecting the association of phenol and phenoxide. [6] Sodium phenoxide reacts with alkylating agents to afford alkyl phenyl ethers: [2]
An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. alkaline, earthy, metallic, nonmetallic or radical base). "Acetate" also describes the conjugate base or ion (specifically, the negatively charged ion called an anion) typically found in aqueous solution and written with the chemical formula C 2 H 3 O − 2.