What is the conjugate acid of NH4+ in the reaction NH4+ + OH- -> H2O + NH3?

1 Answer
Dec 28, 2017

The conjugate BASE of ammonium ion, #NH_4^+# is ammonia, #NH_3#....

Explanation:

And the conjugate acid of ammonia is ammonium ion.....for the conjugate acid/base, we simply add OR subtract a proton to the parent acid/base.

What is the conjugate base of ammonia? This does not occur in water, but it is conceived to occur in liquid ammonia. And what is the conjugate base of this conjugate base?

And the conjugate base of that conjugate base is nitride trianion, #N^(3-)#....