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Piperazine, HN(C4H8)NH, is a diprotic weak base used as a corrosion inhibitor an

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Question

Piperazine, HN(C4H8)NH, is a diprotic weak base used as a corrosion inhibitor and an insecticide and has the following properties:

pKb1=4.22pKb2=8.67

For writing the reactions of this base in water, it can be helpful to abbreviate the formula as Pip:

Pip+H2OPipH++H2OPipH++OHPipH22++OH

The piperazine used commercially is a hexahydrate with the formula C4H10N26H2O.

A 1.00-g sample of piperazine hexahydrate is dissolved in enough water to produce 100.0 mL of solution and is titrated with 0.500 M HCl.

Part A

What is the initial pH of the solution, before any titrant is added?

Express your answer numerically with two digits after the decimal point.

Part B

The percent neutralization points for a titration indicate the percent of the reagent that has reacted. For example, at the 25%neutralization point for piperazine, 75% (0.75×[Pip]) of the base remains, and 25% is neutralized to form PipH+.

Calculate the pH at the 25%, 50%, and 75% neutralization points of the first neutralization, respectively.

Enter the pH at the 25%, 50%, and 75% neutralization points to two decimal places.

Part C

What is the pH at the first equivalence point?

Part D

The percent neutralization points for a titration indicate the percent of the reagent that has reacted. For example, at the 25%neutralization point for PipH+, 75% (0.75×[PipH+]) of the base remains, and 25% is neutralized to form PipH22+.

Calculate the pH at the 25%, 50%, and 75% neutralization points of the second neutralization, respectively.

Enter the pH at the 25%, 50%, and 75% neutralization points to two decimal places.

Explanation / Answer

C4H10N26H2O molar mass = 194.23 g / mol

molarity = ( weight / molar mass ) x 1000 / V

              = ( 1 / 194.23 ) x 1000 / 100

              = 0.0515 M

Part A ) : initial pH

pOH = 1/2 (pKb1- logC)

        = 1/2 (4.22 -log 0.0515)

        = 2.75

pH + pOH = 14

pH = 14 - pOH

pH = 14 - 2.75

pH = 11.25

Part B )

(i) 25 % neutralisation point

Pip     + HCl --------------------> PipH+   + Cl-

0.0515       0.5                                0             0 -------------initial

0.0515-x     0.5-x                            x              x --------------equilibrium

0.0387         0.487                         0.0128     0.0128 --------------equilibrium

calculation of x :

x= 25% of 0.0515

    = 25 x 0.0515 / 100

     = 0.0128

here base , salt remained in the solution. it is basic buffer

pOH = pKb1 + log [salt / base]

        = 4.22 + log (0.0128/0.0387)

       = 3.74

pH + pOH = 14

pH = 10.26

(ii) 50 % neutralisation point

Pip     + HCl --------------------> PipH+   + Cl-

0.0515       0.5                                0             0 -------------initial

0.0515-x     0.5-x                            x              x --------------equilibrium

0.0257        0.473                          0.0257      0.0257

calculation of x :

x= 50% of 0.0515

    = 50 x 0.0515 / 100

     = 0.0257

pOH = pKb1 + log [salt/base]

pOH = 4.22 + log (0.0275/0.0257)

pOH = 4.22

pH = 9.78

(iii) 75 % neutralisation point

Pip     + HCl --------------------> PipH+   + Cl-

0.0515       0.5                                0             0 -------------initial

0.0515-x     0.5-x                            x              x --------------equilibrium

0.0129        0.461                           0.0386      0.0386

calculation of x :

x= 75% of 0.0515

    = 50 x 0.0515 / 100

     = 0.0386

pOH = pKb1 + log [salt/base]

pOH = 4.22 + log (0.0386/0.0129)

pOH = 4.69

pH = 9.30

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