Question

The basicity of acetic acid is ______ $(3,1,4)$.

Answer 1

Acetic acid contains 1 replaceable hydrogen ion per molecule of the acid or you can say it produces only one hydrogen ion per molecule of the acid. Hence, the basicity of acetic acid is 1 or it is a monobasic acid.

$C{H}_{3}COOH+H_{2}O\to C{H}_{3}CO{O}^{-}+H_3{O}^{+}$