Title: Weak Acids: Titration Curves, Buffers, and the HendersonHasselbach Equation
1Weak Acids Titration Curves, Buffers, and the
Henderson-Hasselbach Equation
213 Weak Acids Titration Curves, Buffers, and
the Henderson-Hasselbach Equation
- Goal
- Use titration pH curve and melting point to
identify an unknown weak organic acid - Method
- Find nacid, MMacid, Ka and from titration of acid
solution - Find melting point range of solid acid from
melting point experiments
3Acid-Base Definitions
- Acids
- generate H in water
- H donors
- excess H
- Bases
- generate OH- in water
- H acceptors
- Excess OH-
4Equilibrium in Water
Small K ? equilibrium favors reactants
5As H rises, OH- falls
6H and pH
H 1 ? 100 to 1 ? 10-14 in water pH
1 to 14 in water
7Relationships
H
OH-
H2O
H gtOH-
H OH-
H ltOH-
Basic solution
Acidic solution
Neutral solution
pH gt 7
pH lt 7
pH 7
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10Strong Acids (exp. 7)
- 100 dissociation / good H donor
- equilibrium lies far to right
- HA ? H A-
Before dissociation
After dissociation
Relative moles
HCl H Cl-
HCl H Cl-
11Weak Acids (exp. 13)
- lt100 dissociation / not-as-good H donor
- equilibrium lies far to left
- HA H A-
Before dissociation
After dissociation
Relative moles
HA H A-
HA H A-
12Acid Dissociation Constant
?amount dissociated
?amount undissociated
10-2 lt Ka lt 10-7 2 lt pKa lt 7
13Henderson-Hasselbach Equation
Smaller Ka? weaker acid Larger pKa? weaker acid
log(xy) log x log y log(x/y) log (y/x)
For buffer system only considerable HA,A-
14H, pH and Ka, A-, HA
- A- lt HA ?
- A- gt HA ?
- A- HA ?
? pH lt pKa ? pH gt pKa ? pH pKa
15Chemical Equations
- 1) Weak acid HA dissociation
- 2) Reverse of water autoionization
16Chemical Equations
3. HA neutralization with strong base, NaOH
Ka
1/Kw
Kneutralization
17Strong acid-strong base titrations
- At equivalence point, Veq
18Weak acid-strong base titrations
pH
VNaOH
½ Vequiv
Vequiv
19Differences in pH curves
20Buffer Characteristics
- Contain relatively large amounts of weak acid and
corresponding base. - Added H reacts to completion with weak base, A-.
- Added OH? reacts to completion with weak acid,
HA. - pH is determined by ratio of concentrations of
weak acid and weak base.
21Key points on the pH curve
22Molar Mass of HA
And mass of HA used (analytical balance)
Find molar mass of HA
23Part 1 Preparation of Acid Solution
Dissolve solid acid
- Use 0.3000 g acid (record acid )
- Dissolve
- a 20 mL alcohol /80 mL H2O
- w 100 mL H2O
24Part 1 Titration Curve of HA with NaOH
- Record M NaOH MNaOH
- Add NaOH
- up to pH gt 11
- Record pHmeter pH
- during titration
- Two trials
- Draw pH curve
- Calculations nHA,pKa,MMHA
NaOH titrant
Acid
25Part 2 Melting Point Determination
- TAs will instruct how to do this in lab
- Each sample can only be melted ONCE
- Record melting range
- 132 138C Tfirst liquid to Tall
liquid - or 120 126C
26Data
- Find ½Vequiv ,Vequiv from pH curve ½Vequiv
- Vequiv
- Determine pKa from ½Vequiv pKa
- Determine nHA from Vequiv nHA
- Calculate MMHA from nHA and massHA MMHA
- Identify HA from table
- Use molar mass and melting point HA
27Table of possible acids
28Example Titration Curve
- ½Veq 8.6 mL
- pH 3.5
- pKa 3.5
- Veq 17.2 mL
- pH 7.8
- nHA 1.710-3
29Example Data
- And suppose at ½ Veq pH 3.5 ? pKa ? 3.5
- Veq pH ? 7.8
Consistent with acetylsalicylic acid
30Does neutralization go to completion?
HA neutralization with strong base, NaOH
Ka
1/Kw
Kneutralization
Goes to completion (107 lt Kneutlt1012)
31Report
- Abstract
- Results including
- Titration curves
- Molar mass of HA, pKa, Tmelting
- Identify acid
- Sample calculations
- Moles OH-, moles HA
- Molar mass of HA
- Discussion/review questions
32Example from text