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Chemical Properties of Water - Part 2 ©1998 by Alberts, Bray, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter . http://www.essentialcellbiology.com Published by Garland Publishing, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group. WATER AS A SOLVENT Many substances, such as household sugar, dissolve in water. That is, their molecules separate from each other, each becoming surrounded by water molecules. When a substance dissolves in a liquid, the mixture is termed a solution. The dissolved substance (in this case sugar) is the solute, and the liquid that does the dissolving (in this case water) is the solvent. Water is an excellent solvent for many substances because of its polar bonds. sugar dissolves water molecule sugar crystal sugar molecule HYDROGEN ION EXCHANGE ACIDS Positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) can spontaneously move from one water molecule to another, thereby creating two ionic species. H H H H + O H O O H + O Substances that release hydrogen ions into solution are called acids. HCl H+ hydrochloric acid (strong acid) hydrogen ion + Cl– chloride ion H Many of the acids important in the cell are only partially dissociated, and they are therefore weak acids—for example, the carboxyl group (–COOH), which dissociates to give a hydrogen ion in solution O + C (weak acid) hydroxyl ion BASES pH + H conc. moles/liter ACIDIC _ 2 10 3 10 10 _3 _4 _5 _6 _ 10 7 _ 10 8 ALKALINE pH 10 1 _ 10 2 10 pH = _log10[H+] _ [H+] = 10 7 moles/liter OH– + Since the process is rapidly reversible, hydrogen ions are continually shuttling between water molecules. Pure water contains a steady state concentration of hydrogen ions and hydroxyl ions (both 10–7 M). Note that this is a reversible reaction. For pure water H+ H2 O hydrogen ion O– OH The acidity of a solution is defined by the concentration of H+ ions it possesses. For convenience we use the pH scale, where often written as: O H+ C H hydronium ion hydroxyl ion (water acting as (water acting as a weak base) a weak acid) 10 10 10 10 10 10 _9 _10 _11 _12 _13 _14 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Substances that reduce the number of hydrogen ions in solution are called bases. Some bases, such as ammonia, combine directly with hydrogen ions. NH3 ammonia + H+ NH4+ hydrogen ion ammonium ion Other bases, such as sodium hydroxide, reduce the number of H+ ions indirectly, by making OH– ions that then combine directly with H+ ions to make H2O. Na+ NaOH sodium hydroxide (strong base) sodium ion + OH– hydroxyl ion Many bases found in cells are partially dissociated and are termed weak bases. This is true of compounds that contain an amino group (–NH2), which has a weak tendency to reversibly accept an H+ ion from water, increasing the quantity of free OH– ions. –NH2 + H+ –NH3+