Question

question 4
if we treat benzoic acid with hcl, what will happen?
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it will get deprotonated
nothing
it will get protonated

Explanation:

Benz oic acid (\(C_6H_5COOH\)) is a weak acid. \(HCl\) is a strong acid. In an acid - base reaction, a stronger acid can protonate a base. But benz oic acid itself is an acid. The reaction between two acids (where \(HCl\) is stronger) does not occur in the sense of proton - transfer from \(HCl\) to benz oic acid (since benz oic acid has no suitable basic site to accept a proton from \(HCl\) in a significant way). Also, deprotonation would require a base (not \(HCl\) which is an acid).

Answer:

nothing