Explain monobasic acids with examples.

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Solution

Basicity of an acid is the number of hydronium ions formed by one molecule of the acid in its aq. solution. A monobasic acid has only one hydrogen ion to donate to a base in an acid-base reaction. Hence, a monobasic molecule has solely one replaceable hydrogen atom. Monobasic acids ionize in water to give only one H+ ion per acid molecule.
Example
HCl
HNO₃
HF
HBr

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