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In Spite of the Chemist's Belief: Carbonic Acid Is Surprisingly Stable
Author(s) -
Ludwig Ralf,
Kornath Andreas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000417)39:8<1421::aid-anie1421>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - carbonic acid , chemist , aqueous solution , chemistry , organic chemistry
Conventional wisdom in the instability of pure carbonic acid has been proven false. Chemists recently succeeded in isolating and spectroscopically characterizing the compound (see picture). Shortly after, Liedl and co‐workers explained why carbonic acid exists in its free state and why it decomposes so quickly in aqueous solution.