Phenylacetic acid (C6H5CH2COOH, simplified here to HPAc is a monoprotic acid. It builds up in the blood of persons with phenylketonuria, that if untreated, causes mental retardation and death. A study of the acid shows that the pH of 0.120 M HPAc is 2.62. What are (a) the Ka and (b) pKa of phenylacetic acid?

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Phenylacetic acid (C6H5CH2COOH, simplified here to HPAc is a monoprotic acid.
It builds up in the blood of persons with phenylketonuria, that if untreated, causes mental
retardation and death. A study of the acid shows that the pH of 0.120 M HPAc is 2.62.
What are (a) the Ka and (b) pKa of phenylacetic acid? 

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