R RUpremed Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Aug 18, 2008 Messages 131 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Pre-Health (Field Undecided) Aug 17, 2010 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad so let me get this straight... more resonance (stability)--->weaker base--->stronger acid ? how does reactivity come into play? if a substance is more reactive, would that have any correlation with how acidic or basic something is?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad so let me get this straight... more resonance (stability)--->weaker base--->stronger acid ? how does reactivity come into play? if a substance is more reactive, would that have any correlation with how acidic or basic something is?
D DQLEUCD Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 30, 2010 Messages 271 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Pre-Dental Aug 17, 2010 #2 RUpremed said: so let me get this straight... more resonance (stability)--->weaker base--->stronger acid ? how does reactivity come into play? if a substance is more reactive, would that have any correlation with how acidic or basic something is? Click to expand... Resonance of it's conjugate base will make it more stable which make it weaker for it's conjugate base but stronger for an acid. Upvote 0 Downvote
RUpremed said: so let me get this straight... more resonance (stability)--->weaker base--->stronger acid ? how does reactivity come into play? if a substance is more reactive, would that have any correlation with how acidic or basic something is? Click to expand... Resonance of it's conjugate base will make it more stable which make it weaker for it's conjugate base but stronger for an acid.
