Answer questions a-c about the Bronsted acid-base reaction below using the identifying letters A-D below each structure. The pKa's for the acids of interest are: water (pKa= 15.7), and acetic acid (pKa = 4.8).
CH3C OH + HOH OH acetic acid hydroxide acetate water
a) The stronger acid is:
b) Its conjugate base is:
c) The species that predominate at equilibrium are (two letters, e.g. ac):
