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Offline Catsceo

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Bihydroxide
« on: August 09, 2010, 08:15:38 PM »
Simple question here (I hope) but are hydroxide ions in aqueous solution present as hydroxide or bihydroxide (H3O2-)?  Or something else?  The reason I ask is because hydronium is present as Zundel and Eigen cations in aqueous solution (and a few others from what I read on wikipedia).  I think it would due to the fact fluorine forms the bifluoride ion, and oxygen's similar, albeit less, electronegativity to fluorine.  The wikipedia article on hydroxide mentions H3O2- but doesn't say wether its present in aqueous solution.  Can anyone fill in the gap for me?
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Re: Bihydroxide
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 04:01:29 AM »
I doubt there is a single entity that exists in the solution - what will be present will be a whole family of ions (something like (H2O)nOH-), in a dynamic equilibrium.
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