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posted by  tasty on 6/16/2008 12:18:05 AM  |  status: Closed  

Base Strength

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Arrange the compounds in the following sets in order of base strength.
 
a. NH2- CH3COO- OH-
 
b. H2O NH3 CH3CH2OH
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posted by Ricky Wilkins on 6/16/2008 2:41:23 AM  |  status: Live
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a) The decreasing order of base strength of the given ions are  NH2-  > OH-  > CH3COO-
b) The decreasing order of base strength of the given ions are  NH3 > ethanol > H2O
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posted by vsiddhardha on 6/16/2008 11:32:20 AM  |  status: Live
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NH2->OH->CH3COO-
NH3>H2O>CH3CH2OH

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