Question

Ionic dissociation of acetic acid is represented as $ C{{H}_{3}}COOH+{{H}_{2}}O{{H}_{3}}{{O}^{+}}+C{{H}_{3}}CO{{O}^{-}} $ According to Lowry and Bronsted, the reaction possesses

• A. an acid and three bases
• B. two acids and two bases
• C. an acid and a base
• D. three acids and a base

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$ \underset{acid\,I}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COOH}}\,+\underset{base\,II}{\mathop{{{H}_{2}}O}}\,\underset{acid\,II}{\mathop{{{H}_{3}}{{O}^{+}}}}\,+\underset{base\,I}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}CO{{O}^{-}}}}\, $