How does hydrogen chloride behave in aqueous solution?

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How does hydrogen chloride behave in aqueous solution?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-16T21:09:14

The hydrogen chloride molecule hydrolyzes in water to give, formally, $H_{3} O^{+}$ $H_3O^+$ and $C l^{-} (a q)$ $Cl^(-)(aq)$ ions.

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Alternatively, I could have proposed that hydrolysis gives $H^{+} (a q)$ $H^+(aq)$ and $C l^{-} (a q)$ $Cl^(-)(aq)$ ions. In water these ions are solvated, or $aquated$ $"aquated"$ by several water molecules. And so the electron devolves to an electronegative atom that could be solvated by water molecules.

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