Question

"write the chemical equation for the dissociation of butanoic acid [c3h7cooh] in water. include the phases of all species in the chemical equation."

Answer 1

Butanoic acid dissociate in water as below

C3H7COOH (aq) ↔ C3H7COO^-(aq) + H^+(aq)


Butanoic acid dissociate in water to produce BUtanoate ion (C3H7COO^-) and Hydrogen ions (H^+). Butanoic acid is a week acid thus it dissociate partially in water. The production of hydrogen ion is because Butanoic acid is an acid.

Answer 2

C₃H₇COOH (aq) + H₂O (l) ↔ C₃H₇COO⁻ (aq) + H₃O⁺ (aq)

Step-by-step explanation:

Among Organic compounds carboxylic acids are acidic in nature. This acidity of carboxylic acids can be explained by the stability of conjugate base called as Carboxylate ion (a general name). This stability of Carboxylate ions originate due to resonance between the oxygen containing negative charge and carbonyl group.

Therefore, when carboxylic acids are dissolved in water, the water molecules act as base and abstracts proton from carboxylic acid and forms a conjugate acid i.e. H₃O⁺. And the coarboxylic acid is converted into its corresponding conjugate base (carboxylate Ion)