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Title: Which of the following increases the strength of an oxo acid, HYOn?
Post by: RODY.ELKHALIL on Nov 18, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following increases the strength of a binary acid, HY?
◦ increasing the electron affinity of Y and decreasing the H-Y bond strength
◦ decreasing the electron affinity of Y and decreasing the H-Y bond strength
◦ decreasing the electron affinity of Y and increasing the H-Y bond strength
◦ increasing the electron affinity of Y and increasing the H-Y bond strength
◦ none of the above

Question 2

Which of the following increases the strength of an oxo acid, HYOn?
◦ decreasing the electron affinity of Y and increasing the number of oxygen atoms, n
◦ increasing the electron affinity of Y and decreasing the number of oxygen atoms, n
◦ decreasing the electron affinity of Y and decreasing the number of oxygen atoms, n
◦ increasing the electron affinity of Y and increasing the number of oxygen atoms, n
◦ none of the above

Title: Which of the following increases the strength of an oxo acid, HYOn?
Post by: dlook33 on Nov 18, 2019

Answer 1

increasing the electron affinity of Y and decreasing the H-Y bond strength

Answer 2

increasing the electron affinity of Y and increasing the number of oxygen atoms, n