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You have made 1L of a 0.1M HEPES buffer, and now you need to adjust the pH to 7.7. Calculate how much of a 0.5 M NaOH solution you would need to add. I was told to use Henderson-Hasslebach, I'm not sure how to do this one
HEPES pKa = 7.5
pH = 7.7
moles of HEPES = 0.1 x 1 = 0.1
moles of NaOH = 0.5 x V
HEPES + NaOH --------------------------> salt
0.1 0.5 V 0 -------------------> initial
0.1-0.5 V 0 0.5 V ------------------> after reaction
Henderson-Hasslebach
pH = pKa + log [salt / HEPES]
7.7 =7.5 + log (0.5 V / 0.1 -0.5 V)
1.585 =(0.5 V / 0.1 -0.5 V)
-0.792 V + 0.1585 = 0.5 V
1.292 V = 0.1585
V = 0.1226 L
volume of NaOH =122.6 mL needed