Liquid (anhydrous) ammonia, NH3(l), with a boiling
point of –33 °C, is often used as an alternate solvent to water. It
forms strong hydrogen bonds and the polar molecules can solvate
ionic compounds. Anhydrous ammonia also undergoes autoionization.
Therefore, there can be acidic, neutral, or basic species in
solutions of liquid ammonia.
a) Write the chemical equation, using the Brønsted‐Lowry
perspective, that describes the autoionization of NH3(l).
(Hints: for water this equation is 2H2O(l) ⇌ H3O+(aq) + OH–(aq);
X(am) denotes...