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Concepts

Type of chemical substance

Index of chemical compounds with the same name

Measure of the tendency of an acid to dissociate

Acidity function

Measure of acidity

Basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element

Property of some chemical compounds which may react either with an acid or a base.

Base (chemistry)

Type of chemical substance

Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory

Chemical theory about acids and bases

Buffer solution

Aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base,

Conjugate (acid-base theory)

Bronsted-Lowery acid-base theory

Removal of proton(s) from a molecule in an acid-base reaction

Electron pair acceptor

Chemical theory about acids and bases

Aqueous cation H₃O⁺, the type of oxonium ion produced by protonation of water

Lewis acids and bases

Chemical bond theory involving the transfer of an electronic pair from the donor (the base) to the acceptor (the acid)

Non-nucleophilic base

Organic base which accepts protons but complexes poorly with larger electrophiles

Chemical species that donates an electron pair

Measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution

Addition of a proton to an atom, molecule, or ion, forming the conjugate acid

Acid that does not dissolve in the reaction medium

Compound with very high basicity