What is the conjugate base of H2O?

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What is the conjugate base of H2O?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-11T08:58:45

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

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If I remove $H^{+}$ $H^+$ from $H_{2} O$ $H_2O$ , clearly I get the hydroxide ion, $O H^{-}$ $OH^-$ . Mass and charge have been conserved. If I remove a proton from sulfuric acid, I get bisulfate anion, $H S O_{4}^{-}$ $HSO_4^-$ ; thus bisulfate is the conjugate base of sulfuric acid. What is the conjugate base of bisulfate ion? What is the conjugate base of $O H^{-}$ $OH^-$ ?

The conjugate base of ammonia, $N H_{3}$ $NH_3$ , does not exist in water, but it does exist in liquid ammonia. What is it?

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