Question

2. Four different examples of acid-base reactions are shown below. In each of these reactions,focus on the H,0. Decide if H2O is acting as a Brønsted-Lowry acid or as a Brønsted-Lowrybase. Justify your answer. \text { A.) } \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{HCl} \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}^{+}+\mathrm{Cl}^{-} \text { B.) } \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{HCO}_{3}^{-1} \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{CO}_{3}+\mathrm{OH}^{-1} \text { C.) } \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{NH}_{3} \rightarrow \mathrm{NH}_{4}^{+}+\mathrm{OH}^{-1} \text { D.) } \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{HCO}_{3}^{-1} \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}^{+}+\mathrm{CO}_{3}^{2-}

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