Question

Answer the following in brief :

What is meant by conjugate acid-base pair?

Answer 1

i. The base produced by accepting the proton from acid is the conjugate base of that acid.

ii. Similarly, the acid produced when a base accepts a proton is called the conjugate acid of that base.

iii. A pair of an acid and a base differing by a proton is said to be a conjugate acid-base pair.