dextro88 - 10-6-2020 at 07:18
For a little experiment i need to know exactly whats the pKa of :
methylamine acetate
ethylamine acetate
and will be very thanksfull if anyone can show me how i can calculate the pKa of various bases salts.
best regards 
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Tsjerk - 10-6-2020 at 07:43
These compounds are not acids, they are neutral salts, so they don't have a pka.
(M)ethylamine has a pKb and acetic acid has a pka.
dextro88 - 10-6-2020 at 08:24
thanks for the lesson, i need to know wich one is more acidic, i know most of the bases salts have a pKa by wich they get neutralized and are
liberatet from acidic ions,amonium acetate have pKa of 9.9, but i dont understand why its not the same here.
many thanks, dextro
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Tsjerk - 10-6-2020 at 09:24
Well, methylammonium ion has a pKa of 10.6 and ethylammonium ion 10.8
dextro88 - 10-6-2020 at 10:12
yes thats already accesible information, but i want to learn the calculation behind how to calculate the pKa of these various salts, for example
anhydrous amonia have a pKa of 37 and in presence of water much lower and acetic acid have pKa of 4.76, how the amonium acetate pKa is calculated 9.9
i just cant understand the math behind that.
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Tsjerk - 10-6-2020 at 11:42
Have a look at the answer given by Bive:
https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/75047/ph-of-am...
dextro88 - 11-6-2020 at 07:34
thank you for your effort, im still newbee its a litle hard calculations for me, but i will work my way to understand and do these calculations
myself.
Best regards
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