pKa Values for Organic and Inorganic

Bronsted Acids at 25 oC
Acid strengths decrease down the tablea.
Conjugate base strengths increase down the tableb.

Name Acid / Conjugate base pKa

Sulfuric acid -10

Hydrogen iodide -10

Hydrogen bromide -9
Hydrogen chloride -7

Acetone conjugate acid -7

Benzenesulfonic acid -6.5

Acetic acid conjugate acid -6

Diethyl ether conjugate acid -3.5

Ethanol conjugate acid -2

Methanesulfonic acid -2

Hydronium ion -1.74

Nitric acid -1.5

Trifluoroacetic acid 0.5

Bisulfate ion 2.0

Benzoic acid 4.2

 pKa Values for Organic and Inorganic
Bronsted Acids at 25 oC
Acid strengths decrease down the tablea.
Conjugate base strengths increase down the tableb.

Name Acid / Conjugate base pKa

Anilinium ion 4.6

Acetic acid 4.8

Pyridinium ion 5.2

Carbonic acid 6.4

Thiophenol 6.6

Hydrogen sulfide 7.0

Peracetic acid 8.2

Phthalimide 8.3

Nitroethane 8.5

Pentane-2,4-dione 9.0

Ammonium ion 9.3

Hydrogen cyanide 9.3

Hexaflurorisopropanol 9.3

Phenol 9.9
 pKa Values for Organic and Inorganic
Bronsted Acids at 25 oC
Acid strengths decrease down the tablea.
Conjugate base strengths increase down the tableb.

Name Acid / Conjugate base pKa

Bicarbonate ion 10.3

Methanethiol 10.3

Ethylammonium ion 10.8

Diethyl malonate 12.9

Guanidinium ion 13.6

Cyclopentadiene 15.0

Water 15.74

Ethanol 16.0

Cyclohexanone 16.7

Acetamide 17

Isopropanol 17.1

t-Butanol 18.0

Acetone 19.3

Ethyl acetate 25

Ethyne 25

Acetonitrile 25
 pKa Values for Organic and Inorganic
Bronsted Acids at 25 oC
Acid strengths decrease down the tablea.
Conjugate base strengths increase down the tableb.

Name Acid / Conjugate base pKa

Dimethylsulfone 28

Dimethylsulfoxide 35

Ammonia 36

Diisopropylamine 40

Toluene 41

Benzene 43

Propene 43

Ethene 44

Methane approx. 60

a. For strengths of organic acids see E. P. Serjeant and B. Dempsey (eds.), Ionization Constants of
Organic Acids in Solution, IUPAC Chemical Data Series No. 23, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, 1979.
b. The strength of a base is related to the pKa of its conjugate acid as pKb = 14 - pKa.