Question

artaric acid, H2C4H4O6, has two acidic hydrogens. The acid is often present in wines and precipitates from solution as the wine ages. A solution containing an unknown concentration of the acid is titrated with NaOH. It requires 21.65 mL of 0.3500 M NaOH solution to titrate both acidic protons in 50.00 mL of the tartaric acid solution. You may want to reference (Pages 149 - 153) Section 4.6 while completing this problem. Part A Write a balanced net ionic equation for the neutralization reaction. Express your answer as a chemical equation including phases.

Answer 1

2H⁺(aq) + + 2OH⁻(aq) → 2H₂O(l)

Step-by-step explanation:

A acid that has two acidic hydrogens requires to moles of NaOH per mole of acid producing the salt of the acid and water.

If the acid is tartaric acid, H₂C₄H₄O₆, the reaction with NaOH is:

H₂C₄H₄O₆(aq) + 2NaOH(aq) → 2H₂O(l) + 2NaC₄H₄O₆(aq)

Now, ions in solution in the reaction are:

2H⁺(aq) + C₄H₄O₆²⁻(aq) + 2Na⁺(aq) + 2OH⁻(aq) → 2H₂O(l) + 2Na⁺(aq) +C₄H₄O₆²⁻(aq)

Thus, net ionic equation (Lisiting only the ions involved in the reaction) is:

2H⁺(aq) + + 2OH⁻(aq) → 2H₂O(l)