14.3 Exercise 18

Rank the compounds in each of the following groups in order of increasing acidity or basicity, as indicated, and explain the order you assign.

(a) acidity: NaHSO₃, NaHSeO₃, NaHSO₄

(b) basicity: $\text{BrO}_{2} ^{−} ,$ $\text{ClO}_{2} ^{−} ,$ $\text{IO}_{2} ^{−}$

(c) acidity: HOCl, HOBr, HOI

(d) acidity: HOCl, HOClO, HOClO₂, HOClO₃

(e) basicity: $\text{NH}_{2} ^{−} ,$ HS⁻, HTe⁻, $\text{PH}_{2} ^{−}$

(f) basicity: BrO⁻, $\text{BrO}_{2} ^{−} ,$ $\text{BrO}_{3} ^{−} ,$ $\text{BrO}_{4} ^{−}$