You Are Interested in Determining the Solubility of Ionic Compounds

question 89

Multiple Choice

You are interested in determining the solubility of ionic compounds in solvents other than water,and you decide to try liquid ammonia,NH₃.Which of the following statements regarding your experiment is probably true?

• A)The hydrogen ions in ammonia have partial negative charges and can stabilize Na⁺ in solution.
• B)The molecular dipole moment is too small to effectively interact with ions.
• C)The hydrogen atoms in ammonia would orient toward both ions equally.
• D)The lone pair of electrons on ammonia can act in a similar way as the lone pairs on oxygen in water.
• E)Ion-dipole interactions exist only in water.

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