5.

1a

1.
A. Bronsted-lowry acid
B. Bronsted-lowry acid
C. A very weak base

2.
A. Bronsted-lowry base
B. Bronsted-lowry base
C. Not a bronsted-lowry base

5.1b

1.
A. Answered on the module
B. In the acidic conditions nitrite (NO2-) and nitrous acid (HNO2) present as a
conjugated acid-base pair.
C. NH3 and NH4+ are a conjugate acid-base pair. NH4+ is the conjugate acid of the
base NH3.

2.
A. Answered on the module
B. The conjugate base of HCO3 - is CO3 -2, which is the carbonate ion.
C. CH3COO- can accept H+ to form back CH3COOH. Therefore the nature of
CH3COO- is basic and we call CH3COO- the conjugate base of CH3COOH.

3.
a. HCl          +          H2O      ⇌          H3O+      +        Cl-
Acid            Base               Conj. acid           Conj. base
b. HC2H3O2 +          H2O     ⇌         H3O +       +       C2H3O2 –
Acid            Base               Conj. acid           Conj. base
c. HClO       +          NH3     ⇌          NH4 +   + ClO-
Conj. Base Conj. Acid Acid Base
a. H2SO4 +        OH      ⇌             HSO4   +        H2O
- -     

Acid            Base               Conj. acid           Conj. Base

5.2a
1
A. Answered on the module
B. HCl
C. NH4
D. HF

2
A. Answered on the module
B. HCN
C. NO2
D. H2O
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5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

1. CO2 accepts a pair of electrons from the O2− ion in CaO to form the carbonate
ion. The oxygen in CaO is an electron-pair donor, so CaO is the Lewis base.
Carbon accepts a pair of electrons, so CO2 is the Lewis acid.

2. The chloride ion contains four lone pairs. In this reaction, each chloride ion donates
one lone pair to BeCl2, which has only four electrons around Be. Thus the chloride ions
are Lewis bases, and BeCl2 is the Lewis acid.
3. Lewis base: (CH3)2O; Lewis acid: BF3

4. Lewis base: H2O; Lewis acid: SO3