#SA15.5
Which acid has the largest Ka.
HIO2(aq) | |
HClO2(aq) | |
HBrO2(aq) | |
All three acids have the same Ka. |
the large rvalue of Ka means that it is more acidic in nature and easily releases proton.
As oxygen is more electronegative than the halogens , it attracts the electron of oxygen halogen bond towards itself .
As the electronnegativity decreases from Cl to I the shared pair of electron of oxygen_halogen bond moves closer and closer to the oxygen atom .
consequently electron density on oxygen increases from Cl to I
and we can say that
the proton release in HClO2 is easily take place while in HIO2 it
does not.
so the HClO2 is having largest Ka value .
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