Question

What do you understand by the statement " acetic acid is a monobasic acid".

Answer 1

Answer:

Basicity of an acid is determined by the number of ionisable hydrogen atoms in the molecule. In acetic acid, CH3COOH, there is only one ionisable hydrogen atom present and so its basicity is 1, hence it is monobasic.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. Acetic acids chemical formula is CH3COOH .

2. According to Arrhenius theory, a acid is substance that when dissolved in water given H+ as the only cation .

3. According to Arrhenius theory , when Acetic acid is dissolved in water it gives CH3COO- and H+ as the anion and cation respectively.

4. The basicity of any acid depends on the number of cation i.e. H+ ions.

5. As the no. of H+ ions in Acetic acid is 1 ;

thus it is an monobasic acid .

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