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Resonance Effect on Acidity in Organic Chemistry

February 6, 2015 By Leah4sci 12 Comments

effect of resonance on ranking acids and bases in organic chemistryVideo 5 in the acid/base tutorial video series shows you how to use conjugate base resonance to determine the strength or stability of conjugate bases.

If you can logically understand how resonance effects stability you'll have an easier time determining acidity of neutral starting acid molecules.

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This is video 5 in the Acid/Base video series. Click HERE to watch the entire series

Filed Under: Acids and Bases Tagged With: acid base, acids bases, CARIO, resonance

Comments

  1. Hari Sriram says

    December 27, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    Thanks a ton! This helped me more than a 30 minute long lecture about the same, in just 12 minutes. Again, thanks!

    Reply
  2. Mollie Dreicer says

    September 14, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    Hi Leah,

    Isn’t there a 5th resonance structure to remove that charge off the last carbon? Are you not taking it into account because of its similarity to the first with oxygen holding the charge?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Michelle says

    March 26, 2016 at 12:06 pm

    Thanks. I’m in general chem and this is helpful

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      April 4, 2016 at 5:57 pm

      Michelle: glad to help

      Reply
  4. Sachin says

    November 18, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    Your videos are amazing! However, I have a doubt. We say that 1 electron carries -1 charge. But here when we transfer 2 electrons as a ‘lone pair’ we still transfer -1 charge. We should transfer -2 charge?

    Sorry if my doubt is stupid, I’m just trying to learn.

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      November 23, 2015 at 2:40 pm

      One electron already belongs to the atom, the second electron is the one that introduces a negative charge

      Reply
      • Muhammad Ramzan says

        November 1, 2016 at 7:18 am

        Hello! How are you? I want to appreciate to you.. you are doing good for all of us. you are leading me very well in chemistry. I am too much crazy to learn about chemistry. I hope you will help me more and more for my easiness.

        Reply
        • Leah4sci says

          December 29, 2016 at 5:28 pm

          Thank you, Muhammad!

          Reply
  5. hind says

    February 21, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    thank you so much, your video help me so much
    can you please make one about oxidation state of carbon atoms indifferent functional group, and oxidation level changes, and how we can differentiate if the reaction is an oxidation or reduction or neither

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      February 25, 2015 at 11:28 pm

      I’m sorry but I’m currently working on other video series

      Reply
  6. Latonya says

    February 16, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Your video are extremely helpful! Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      February 18, 2015 at 1:36 pm

      You are very welcome Latonya. Are you in orgo 1 or orgo 2?

      Reply

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