16.10 Acid-Base Behavior and Chemical Structure
Factors That Affect Acid Strength
Consider H-X. For this substance to be an acid we need:
H-X bond to be polar with H? + and X? – (if X is a metal then the bond polarity is H? –, X? + and the substance is a base).
the H-X bond must be weak enough to be broken.
the conjugate base, X–, must be stable.