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According to the hard and soft acid and bases indicate with arrow the direction of the favored reaction ,balance the equation and indicate which is a harder or softer acid and harder or softer base.
a)CuCl + LiCH2CH3 ______________ CuCH2CH3 + LiCl
b)KN3 + FeCO3----------K2CO3 + Fe(N3)2
c)Sr(ClO4 )2 + AgI ----------AgClO4 + SrI2
d)NaCN + FeCl2 ----------NaCl + Na4Fe(CN)6
e) KOCH3 + PdS2O3-------- K2S2O3 + Pt(OCH3)2
Soft acid would bind with a soft base and hard acid would bind with a hard base. Any reaction goes to the preferred binding is favored
a) Favoured in the forward direction.
Li is a hard acid and Cl is a hard base, so going forward we are forming LiCl a hard acid-hard base combination, which is favoured.
Balanced equation : CuCl + LiCH2CH3 --> CuCH2CH3 + LiCl
b) Favoured in the forward direction.
K is hard acid and CO3^2- is a hard base. When going forward we are forming K2CO3 which is favoured.
Balanced equation : 2KN3 + FeCO3 ---> K2CO3 + Fe(N3)2
c) Favoured in the reverse direction, towards the reactant side.
Ag is a soft acid and I is a soft base, where going forward we are breaking the favorable soft acid-soft base combination and hence the reacton would not be favoured.
Balanced equation : Sr(ClO4)2 + 2AgI ---> 2AgClO4 + SrI2
d) Favoured in the forward direction.
Na is a hard acid and Cl is a hard base. When going forward we are forming NaCl which is a hard acid-hard base combination and is thus favoured.
Balanced equation : 6NaCN + FeCl2 ---> 2NaCl + Na4Fe(CN)6
e) Favored in the reverse direction, towards the reactant side.
Pd is a soft acid and OCH3 is a har base. When going forward we are forming the soft acid-hard base combination Pd(OCH3)2 which is not favored and thus reaction will proceed towards the reactant side.
Balanced equation : 2KOCH3 + PdSO3 ---> K2SO3 + Pd(OCH3)2