CHEM 281 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ethylene, Acetylene, Electronegativity

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Chapter 2 notes part 5: acids and bases. The atoms in the second row of the periodic table are all similar in size, but they have very different electronegativities, which increase across the row from left to right. Of the atoms shown, carbon is the least electronegative and fluorine is the most electronegative. If we look at the acids formed by attaching hydrogens to these elements, we see that the most acidic compound is the one that has its hydrogen attached to the most electronegative atom. Thus, hf is the strongest acid and methane is the weakest acid. When atoms are similar in size, the strongest acid has its hydrogen attached to the most electronegative atom. If we look at the stabilities of the conjugate bases of these acids, we find that they, too, increase from left to right, because the more electronegative the atom, the better it bears its negative charge.

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