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Organic chemistry help? Direction of equilibrium?

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asked Sep 10, 2015 in CHEMISTRY by anonymous

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Structural effect of acidity:

Removal of a proton, H+ , decreases the formal charge on an atom or molecule by one unit, thereby increasing the acidity of the reaction.

Similarly adding of a proton, H+ , increases the formal charge on an atom or molecule by one unit, thereby increasing the basicity of the reaction.

Observe the structure:

Write the structure in the chemical formula.

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Hence vinyl accepts a hydrogen atom, hence the charge on the atom is increased by 1 unit.

Hence the acidity of the reaction decreases.

Predict the direction of equilibrium:

The following statements are equivalent to predict the direction of equilibrium:

  • The reaction will proceed in the direction to form the weaker base.
  • The reaction will proceed in the direction to form the weaker acid.

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Hence the weaker base is image.

As the products dominate the reactants, the equlibrium lies to the left.

Hence equlibrium takes as follows:

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answered Sep 10, 2015 by Lucy Mentor
edited Sep 10, 2015 by Lucy

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