Question

What is monobasic acid?

Answer 1

Monobasic acids

• The acids which on complete dissociation produce one hydrogen ion(or contains one replaceable hydrogen ion) per molecule of the acid are called monobasic acids.
• They dissociate in one step and their basicity is $1$.
• They are able to neutralize only 1 ${\mathrm{OH}}^{-}$ (hydroxide) ion to form 1 molecule of water per molecule of given acid.

Example of monobasic acids

• Hydrochloric acid$\left(\mathrm{HCl}\right)$, nitric acid$\left({\mathrm{HNO}}_3\right)$, and acetic acid$\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COOH}\right)$ are examples of monobasic acids.