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You will be familiar with the simple Brönsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases. An acid is a substance which can donate a proton, and a base is a substance which can accept a proton. Thus, when hydrogen chloride dissolves in water, an 
molecule acts as an acid and donates a proton to a water molecule functioning as a base
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© 1986 Charles Went
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Went, C. (1986). Organic Acids and Bases. In: Ionic Organic Mechanisms. Dimensions of Science. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07964-3_4
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