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acidic nature of alkynes
« on: November 09, 2009, 03:52:49 AM »
why are alkynes i.e.ethyne acidic in nature??


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Re: acidic nature of alkynes
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2009, 07:37:21 AM »
From my understanding acidity has to do with hydrogen atoms, and bases have to do with hydroxide ions (OH-).

So it's not completely out of the ordinary that alkynes, which are a type of hydrocarbon (an aliphatic hydrocarbon to be exact) might exhibit some of these characteristics.

I believe the reason WHY it's more acidic when compared to other hydrocarbons has something to do with its electron structure in a way that it is more willing to give up its hydrogen.

Hope that helps. 


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