Chapter 2: 2.38 (page 85)
What is the conjugate acid of each base?
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d.

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Chapter 2: 2.38 (page 85)
What is the conjugate acid of each base?
a.
b.

c.

d.

a.
b. role="math" localid="1649075555384"
c.
d.
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Answer the following questions about esmolol, a drug used to treat high blood pressure sold under the trade name Brevibloc.

a. Label the most acidic hydrogen atom
b. What products are formed when esmolol is treated with NaH?
c. What products are formed when esmolol is treated with HCl?
d. Label all hybridized C atoms. in esmolol.
e. Label the only trigonal pyramidal atom.
f. Label all C’s that bear a charge.
Classify each compound as a Lewis base, a Brønsted -Lowry base, both or neither.

a.

b.

c.

d.
Rank the compounds in each group in order of increasing acidity.
a.

b.

c.

Which compound in each pair of isomers is the stronger acid?
a.
or

b.
or

Explain the apparent paradox. HBr is a stronger acid than HCl, but HOCl is a stronger acid than HOBr.
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