Predicting Acid-Base Reactions

• HCl + HSO3- ? H2SO3 + Cl-

• stronger stronger weaker weaker

  acid base acid base
  

• We must also consider H2O as a possible acid or base. Thus, HNO3 will transfer its proton to H2O, not to Cl- because H2O is a stronger base than Cl-.

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