How does #"ammonium hydroxide"# react with #"acetic acid"#?

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anor277
Feb 14, 2018

Ammonium hydroxide is a bit of a misnomer....

Explanation:

We got #NH_4^(+)""^(-)OH#...and this could also be represented as #NH_3*H_2O#, i.e. aqueous ammonia. And in fact concentrated ammonia in water is sometimes sold as #"ammonium hydroxide"#...

Acetic acid would react with ammonia according to the following equation...

#HOAc(aq) + NH_3(aq) rightleftharpoonsNH_4^(+) + ""^(-)OAc#

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