Barium Acetate: For the salt given below, determine an acid & base that can react to produce the salt and write a balanced neutralization reaction using that acid & base.

Question

For the salt given below, determine an acid & base that can react to produce the salt and write a balanced neutralization reaction using that acid & base.

Barium Acetate

Answer 1

Barium acetate comes from the reaction of the base barium hydroxide, Ba(OH)₂ and the acid acetic acid, CH₃COOH.

Neutralization reaction:

Ba(OH)₂(aq) + 2CH₃COOH ==> (CH₃COO)2Ba + 2H₂O

base..............+.....acid......................salt...............+...water