Brønsted base

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A @[email protected] capable of accepting a @[email protected] (@[email protected]) from an acid (i.e. a '@[email protected] acceptor') or the corresponding @[email protected] For example: OH−, H2O, CH3CO2−, HSO4−, SO42−, Cl− .
See also:
conjugate acid–base pair
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1091 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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