What is the conjugate base of H2O?

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anor277
Jan 11, 2016

For the conjugate base, simply remove a proton from the parent molecule/species and CONSERVE mass and charge.

Explanation:

If I remove #H^+# from #H_2O#, clearly I get the hydroxide ion, #OH^-#. Mass and charge have been conserved. If I remove a proton from sulfuric acid, I get bisulfate anion, #HSO_4^-#; thus bisulfate is the conjugate base of sulfuric acid. What is the conjugate base of bisulfate ion? What is the conjugate base of #OH^-#?

The conjugate base of ammonia, #NH_3#, does not exist in water, but it does exist in liquid ammonia. What is it?

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