Phenol has pKa = 10.0 and the anilinium ion has pKa = 4.6…
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Phenol has and the anilinium ion has . A phenol couples as its phenoxide ion, and aniline couples as the free amine. Use the ratio of the deprotonated form to the acid form, . Find the percentage of phenol that is the phenoxide ion at pH 9.0 and at pH 10.0. Find the percentage of aniline that is the free amine at pH 4.0 and at pH 6.0.
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Coupling joins the diazonium ion to the para position of a phenol or an aromatic amine through an azo group, . The coupling partner reacts in its deprotonated form: the phenoxide ion or the free amine. The fraction in that form is . For an indicator, .
The worked solution
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Step 1. Phenol at pH 9.0. .
Step 2. Phenol at pH 10.0. .
Step 3. Aniline at pH 4.0. .
Step 4. Aniline at pH 6.0. .
Answer: , , and .
Why not pH 12 for the phenol? The phenoxide fraction is then almost 100 percent, but the diazonium ion itself is turned into an unreactive diazotate. The best pH is a compromise, at 9 to 10.
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