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BlackZzzverrR [31]
3 years ago
5

A new potential heart medicine, code-named X-281, is being tested by a pharmaceutical company, Pharma-pill. As a research techni

cian at Pharma-pill, you are told that X-281 is a monoprotic weak acid, but because of security concerns, the actual chemical formula must remain top secret. The company is interested in the drug's KaKaK_a value because only the dissociated form of the chemical is active in preventing cholesterol buildup in arteries. To find the pKapKapKa of X-281, you prepare a 0.079 MM test solution of X-281. The pH of the solution is determined to be 2.70. What is the pKapKapKa of X-281
Chemistry
1 answer:
Lorico [155]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The pK_a of the X-281 medicne is 4.29.

Explanation:

Concentration of medicine in solution  = [HA]=c=0.079 M

HA\rightleftharpoons A^+H^+

Initially

c       0       0

At equilibrium

(c-x)    x     x

The expression of an dissociation constant K_A is given by :

K_a=\frac{[A^-][H^+]}{[HA]}

K_a=\frac{x\times x}{(c-x)}..[1]

The pH of the solution = 2.70

pH=-\log[H^+]

2.70=-\log[H^+]=-\log[x]

x=10^{-2.70}=0.001995 M..[2]

Using [2] in [1]

K_a=\frac{0.001995 M\times 0.001995 M}{(0.079-0.001995 M)}

K_a=5.170\times 10^{-5}

The pK_a of the medicine :

pK_a=-\log[K_a]=-\log[5.170\times 10^{-5}]=4.29

The pK_a of the X-281 medicne is 4.29.

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