What is the conjugated base in the following acid/base reaction: #CH_3COOH + H_2O rightleftharpoons H_3O^+ + CH_3COO^-#?

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Denise Granger
Dec 9, 2016

A conjugate base is the particles that remained when a proton (H+) is removed from an acid.

Explanation:

This is based on the Bronsted-Lowry Acid theory where an acid donates a proton and a base accepts the proton.

Here, the conjugate base is #CH3COO^-# as it loses a hydrogen atom - loses a proton.

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