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iren
1 month ago
6

Glycolic acid, which is a monoprotic acid and a constituent in sugar cane, has a pKa of 3.9. A 25.0 mL solution of glycolic acid

is titrated to the equivalence point with 35.8 mL of 0.020 M sodium hydroxide solution. What is the pH of the resulting solution at the equivalence point?
Chemistry
1 answer:
eduard [2.7K]1 month ago
7 0

Answer:

pH = 8.0

Explanation:

Initially, we need to determine the moles of NaOH.

35.8 \times 10^{-3}L.\frac{0.020mol}{L} =7.2\times 10^{-4}mol

Consider the balanced reaction.

C₂H₄O₃ + NaOH ⇒ C₂H₃O₃Na + H₂O

The molar ratio among C₂H₄O₃, NaOH, and C₂H₃O₃Na is 1: 1: 1. Therefore, if 7.2 × 10⁻⁴ moles of NaOH completely react with 7.2 × 10⁻⁴ moles of C₂H₄O₃, they will yield 7.2 × 10⁻⁴ moles of C₂H₃O₃Na.

To find the concentration of C₂H₃O₃Na, we note that:

\frac{7.2\times 10^{-4}mol}{60.8 \times 10^{-3}L} =0.012M

C₂H₃O₃Na dissociates as follows:

C₂H₃O₃Na(aq) ⇒ C₂H₃O₃⁻(aq) + Na⁺(aq)

The anion C₂H₃O₃⁻ originates from a weak acid, which thus goes through basic hydrolysis.

C₂H₃O₃⁻ + H₂O ⇄ C₂H₄O₃ + OH⁻

Given that the pKa for C₂H₄O₃ is 3.9, we can derive pKb for C₂H₃O₃⁻ using this relation:

pKa + pKb = 14

pKb = 14 - 3.9 = 10.1

10.1 = -log Kb

Kb = 7.9 × 10⁻¹¹

We can compute [OH⁻] through the equation:

[OH⁻] = √(Kb.Cb)               where Cb indicates the base's initial concentration

[OH⁻] = √(7.9 × 10⁻¹¹ × 0.012M) = 9.7 × 10⁻⁷ M

We can then find pOH and pH.

pOH = -log [OH⁻] = -log (9.7 × 10⁻⁷) = 6.0

pH + pOH = 14

pH = 14 - pOH = 14 - 6.0 = 8.0

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