compare it!!!!!

compare the basicities of NH2- and OH-.

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9
Celestine preetham ·

clearly NH2 - is more basic

1
JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

even i think that but y arihant says OH- is more basic??????

9
Celestine preetham ·

no clues
maybe arihant is wrong ??

9
Celestine preetham ·

water is more acidic than ammonia
so their conjugated bases are expected to be of reverse order na

1
JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

r u sure that the book is wrong!!!!!

1
JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

even i thought the ans. to be NH2 coz of two reasons--
1.u gave in #5
2.electronegativity

1
sriraghav ·

100% sure, the buk is rong!!

1
JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

thanx.

1
sriraghav ·

it is just the rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as said in #5

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

n isn't electronegativity reason equally correct

1
voldy ·

O has more e.n than N , thus is able to withstand the -ve charge better than N . so it's wuite happy with the -ve chareg than N which tries to get rid of the -ve charge by combining with H+

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