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CHEM 123 Study Guide – Ace Second-Semester Chemistry with Confidence

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Feeling overwhelmed by kinetics, thermodynamics, or acids and bases? This CHEM 123 Semester 2 Study Guide is your go-to resource for understanding core concepts and smashing your exams. What’s inside: Step-by-step breakdowns of reaction rates, energy diagrams, and equilibrium Clear summaries of Gibbs free energy, entropy, and spontaneity Acid-base chemistry explained – Ka, Kb, pH, buffers, titrations, and beyond Organic chemistry overview – functional groups, hybridization, resonance, mechanisms Visuals and example problems modeled after real UBC exams Concise, organized content that helps you study smarter, not harder Created by a student, for students—designed to highlight what actually shows up on tests. Attribution: This guide was developed using and inspired by the UBC CHEM 123 course and CHIRP textbook. Full credit goes to the original authors and instructors. Whether you’re taking CHEM 123 at UBC or a similar course elsewhere, this guide will give you the edge you need.

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chem 123


Semester 2



January


2025

,week 1




Acid & Base

↑ Ka =
↑ dissociation ↑ kb = ↑ dissociation
( + 30
+
](A-]
ka =


[HA]

pka
=
-log(ka) PKD =
-log(kb)

(OH-](HA]
ko =
Kakb =
kw
(A -]



Kw = 1 .
0x10-14 at 25 water constant

-log (Hz0 ]
+
PH =

-

(OH] (OH -] [H30 + ]
-log kw
=

pot =




(-log (OH ])( log (H30 3)
=
-
+

pkw
-




DOt PH log rules


Pkw +
pH =
14
=
pOH



What happens to pH/pott of water when heated ?

Because rux rate 4 , Ch30 + ] & [OH-] ↑ ,
which

8 ↓
makes PH
.




pot but STAYS NEUTRAL




Conjugate Acid & base

acds + donate proton

HA * Hz0t
-



+
H20 A + base -
accepts proton
acid base base add




conjugate base
- +
dissociates will be
strong WEAK
T
acid HCI - H
eg
.




strong
acid
strong base dissociates -
conjugate add weak
base




eg. Calculate the pH if 0.002 moles of benzoic acid (C6H5COOH) is added to 100.0 mL of water at 298 K. The pKa of benzoic acid is 4.20.
1 RICE
Chart
R CHSCOOH H20 C6HsCOC HzOt
-


+ +

0 . 002
=
0 02M O C
L
.



I
-
X + X + X
C

0 02 x X
E -

0 02 X
.

.




3
2 pka- Ka ka egn

(H30 ] (C6Hs200]
+



ka =


4
[C6HsCOOH]
pka
= .

20

=
5
4 20
3x105
-
- .




ka =
10
=
6 30X10
.
6 .




-
3
x = 1 .
12x10



PH

]
+
pH log [Hz0
= -




-
(1 12x10-3]
log
=

.




9
=
2 .




:
Summary
-dissociation egh can tell us [H30 ]/COH]+




+
p0H 14
pH
-
=




-




kW = 1 X 18- kW =
Kake

, Buffers


&
Henderson-Hasselback Egn Buffers -
neutralizes OH-1Hz0
+




eauces
change
a
CH -]
>
-




formed by weak add -
conjugate base in appreciable amount
PH pka +
log
=


(HA]


uses moles or eg. Calculate the pH if 10.0 mL of 0.020 M benzoic acid is added to 40.0 mL of 0.004 M sodium benzoate. The pKa of benzoic acid is 4.20.
molarity ·
Calculate moles of CHA] & (A)

moles of benzoic acid =
10 020M) . /0 .
014 = 0 . 0002 moles


moles of benzoate
=
10 .
004M) (0 .
041) =
0 .
00016 moles



H H
eqn
-

2


[Conj base)
+
PH
=
pka log Lacid]

=
4 . 20 +
log (000 ]
=
4 .
103




eg. Calculate the pH if 10.0 mL of 0.10 M NaOH is added to 100.0 mL of 0.020 M benzoic acid. The pKa of benzoic acid is 4.20.
1 moles of each CHAT / [A]

of moles
-
moles OH 0 .
001


moles of HA =
0 . 002 moles




a
use up supply
HA-OH- =
0 .
001 moles HA left+ this is also amount of A made




3
PH =
pka
+
log
-
4 . 20




:
summary
H-H used for Buffers
egh only

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