The P_kas of chemicals HX and HY are 5. 0 and 7. 0 respectively. The P_ka of car

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The P_kas of chemicals HX and HY are 5. 0 and 7. 0 respectively. The P_ka of carbonic acid H_2CO, is 6. 0. If you made up an ether solution of chemicals HX and HY in a separatory funnel, and then added an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3 to that separatory funnel, would both HX and HY stay in the ether layer? Or would either or both of them transfer into the aqueous layer? If one goes into the water layer, will it be in its neutral HX/HY form, or in it's deprotonated anionic form? HX: ether layer or water layer? If in the water layer, in HX or X- form? Explain HY: ether layer or water layer? If in water layer, in H Y or Y. form ? Explain.

Explanation / Answer

The pKa of chemicals HX = 5.0 means it is an acid , The pKa of chemicals HY = 7.0 base and The pKa of chemicals H2CO3 = 6.0. acid can be separetd by weak base like sodium bicarbonate as salt which can be separed by adding acid HCl.

Hence HX is in water layer in form of X- and HY in ether layer as HY.

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