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Q. Acetic acid in liquid ammonia behaves as

KEAMKEAM 2019Equilibrium

Solution:

Acetic acid in liquid ammonia behaves as stronger acid than that in water, ammonia act as strong base than $H _{2}$ O i.e. it has strong tendency to take up protons. Hence, even weak acids ionize to a considerable extent and behave as strong acids. For e.g.

$\underset{\text {Weak acid}}{CH _{3} COOH} + \underset{\text{Strong base}}{NH _{3}} \rightleftharpoons \underset{\text{acid}}{NH _{3}^{\oplus}}+ \underset{\text{Base}}{CH _{3} COO ^{-}}$