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Ch.16 - Aqueous Equilibria: Acids & Bases

Chapter 16, Problem 151

Acid and base behavior can be observed in solvents other than water. One commonly used solvent is dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which can be treated as a monoprotic acid 'HSol.' Just as water can behave either as an acid or a base, so HSol can behave either as a Brønsted–Lowry acid or base. (b) The weak acid HCN has an acid dissociation constant Ka = 1.3 * 10-13 in the solvent HSol. If 0.010 mol of NaCN is dissolved in 1.00 L of HSol, what is the equilibrium concentration of H2Sol + ?

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