Proton acceptor
A proton acceptor is a chemical substance that accepts a proton from a reaction partner, the proton donor . Thus acids as proton donors and bases occur as proton. The process of proton transfer is called protolysis .
If an acid releases a proton, it becomes a proton acceptor and thus a base and, conversely, the base becomes an acid by taking up a proton. Systems of this kind are also called conjugated or corresponding acid-base pairs.
The terms introduced by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Martin Lowry in 1923 expanded the acid-base definitions .
literature
- Entry to acid-base term. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on November 18, 2015.
Web links
Wiktionary: proton acceptor - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lothar Kolditz (Ed.): Inorganikum. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1970, p. 423.