What Molecule Loses a Proton to Form the Hydroxide Ion,OH⁻

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Multiple Choice

What molecule loses a proton to form the hydroxide ion,OH⁻?

• A)the oxygen molecule, O₂
• B)the water molecule, H₂ O
• C)the hydrogen peroxide molecule, H₂O₂
• D)the hydrogen molecule, H₂

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Definitions:

Ppm Range

Stands for "parts per million," a unit of concentration that denotes the number of parts of a substance in a million parts of a different substance, often used in chemistry.

Cyclopentane

A saturated cyclic hydrocarbon with the molecular formula C5H10, containing a single five-membered ring.

Proton Spin Decoupled

In NMR spectroscopy, it refers to a technique to simplify spectral analysis by removing the interactions (couplings) between a proton's (H-atom's) spin and the spins of adjacent atoms.

Off-Resonance Decoupled

A technique in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy used to simplify spectra by removing certain interactions.