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📅 NSB 2017🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Q19❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

Acetylene has a pKa of 25, while hydroxide ions have a pKa of about 16. Expressing your answer to the nearest power of 10, if they were mixed in equimolar amounts, one in how many molecules of acetylene would be deprotonated?

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