The total number of diprotic acids among the following is
Answer: 6
Solution
Diprotic acids can donate exactly 2 protons:
Total = 6 diprotic acids.
- H₃PO₄: triprotic (3 ionizable H)
- H₂SO₄: diprotic ✓
- H₃PO₃: diprotic (only 2 H attached to O) ✓
- H₂CO₃: diprotic ✓
- H₂S₂O₇: diprotic ✓
- H₃BO₃: monoprotic (acts as Lewis acid)
- H₃PO₂: monoprotic (only 1 H attached to O)
- H₂CrO₄: diprotic ✓
- H₂SO₃: diprotic ✓
Total = 6 diprotic acids.
JEE Advanced · 2010 · 11 Apr 2010 · Paper 2 · Integer answer