CM1502 Tutorial 4

1. Classify each of the following species as a Lewis acid or a Lewis base:

a. CO
2

b. H
2
O
c. I
-

d. SO
2

e. NH
3

f. OH
-

g. H
+

h. BCl
3

2. Classify each of these species as a Bronsted acid or base or both.
a. H
2
O
b. OH
-

c. H
3
O
+

d. NH
3

e. NH
4
+

f. NH
2
-

g. NO
3
-

h. CO
3
2-

i. HBr
j. HCN

3. Calculate the pH of a 0.25 M solution of potassium fluoride (KF). Also calculate the
is the percent of hydrolysis of F
-
base.( K
b
of F
-
= 1.4x10
-11
)

4. Which of the following are buffer systems?
(a) KF/HF
(b) KBr/HBr,
(c) Na
2
CO
3
/NaHCO
3

5. Calculate the pH of the 0.30 M NH
3
/0.36 M NH
4
Cl buffer system if pK
a
of ammonia
is 9.25.What is the pH after the addition of 20.0 mL of 0.050 M NaOH to 80.0 mL of
the buffer solution?

6. Exactly 100 mL of 0.10 M HNO
2
is titrated with a 0.10 M NaOH solution. What is
the pH at the equivalence point ? pK
b
of NO
2
-
is

10.66.


7. What is the pH of a 0.122

M monoprotic acid whose K
a
is 5.7 x 10
-4
?


8) Quantitative analysis of Cl
-
ion is often performed by a titration with silver nitrate,
using sodium chromate as an indicator. As standardized AgNO
3
is added, both white
AgCl and red Ag
2
CrO
4
precipitate where the drop of AgNO
3
lands, but so long as
some Cl
-
remains, the Ag
2
CrO
4
redissolves as the mixture is stirred. When the red
color is permanent, the equivalence point has been reached.

(a) Calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction, using the given data:

2AgCl (s) + CrO
4
2-
(aq) Ag
2
CrO
4
(s) + 2Cl
-
(aq)

AgCl (s) Ag
+
(aq) + Cl

(aq) K
sp
= 1.8 x 10
-10


Ag
2
CrO
4
(s) 2Ag
+
(aq) + CrO
4
2
(aq) K
sp
= 2.6 x 10
-12



(b) How many moles per L of AgNO
3
must be added to 0.142 M Na
2
CrO
4
before a
red precipitate will occur?

9) Barium chromate (BaCrO
4
) is a sparingly soluble salt which has a solubility product
K
sp
= 1.1710
-10
at 25 C in water. If it was dissolved in 0.005 molL
-1
Ba(NO
3
)
2
,
what is the % difference in the amount that can dissolve, as compared to in water?

10) Amino acids [general formula NH
2
CH(R)COOH] can be considered polyprotic
acids. In many cases, the R group contains additional amine and carboxyl groups.
(a) Can an amino acid dissolved in pure water have a protonated COOH group
and an unprotonated NH
2
group (K
a
of COOH group = 4.47 10
-3
; K
b
of NH
2

group = 6.03 10
-5
)? Use glycine NH
2
CH
2
COOH, to explain why.
(b) Calculate [
+
NH
3
CH
2
COO
-
]/[
+
NH
3
CH
2
COOH] at pH 5.5.


11) Calculate [C
4
H
4
O
6
2-
] of a 0.43 molL
-1
solution of H
2
C
4
H
4
O
6
, given that
K
a1
= 1.0 x 10
-3
and K
a2
= 4.6 x 10
-5
.

12) A chemist would like to prepare pH 4.6 acetate buffer. If he begins with 20 mL of
0.5 molL
-1
acetic acid (K
a
= 1.8 x 10
-5
), calculate the volume of 0.1 molL
-1
sodium
acetate that needs to be added.