What are the molecular, ionic, and net ionic equations for the reaction of acetic acid \(\mathrm{HC}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}_{2}\) with potassium hydroxide?
Answer:
Here’s what I get.
Explanation:
Molecular equation
Ionic equation
\(\mathrm{HC}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}_{2}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{K}^{+}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{OH}^{-}(\mathrm{aq}) \rightarrow \mathrm{K}^{+}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(\mathrm{l})\)Net ionic equation
Here, we cancel the ions that appear on each side of the equation.
\(\mathrm{HC}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}_{2}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{K}^{+}(\text {aq })+\mathrm{OH}^{-}(\mathrm{aq}) \rightarrow \mathrm{K}^{+} \text {(aq) }+\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}_{2}^{-}(\mathrm{aq})+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(\mathrm{l})\)This gives the net ionic equation