Why is CH3OH an Arrhenius base?

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Why is CH3OH an Arrhenius base?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-29T00:08:03

Its not!

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An Arrhenius base is a substance that increases the concentration of hydroxide $({OH}^{-})$ $("OH"^-)$ ions once it dissolves in an aqueous solution. Methanol has $-OH$ $"-OH"$ group, but it does not give ${OH}^{-}$ $"OH"^-$ ions in the aqueous solution.

The reaction would look like this:

${CH}_{3} OH + H_{2} O \to {CH}_{3} O^{-} + H_{3} O^{+}$ $"CH"_3"OH" + "H"_2"O" -> "CH"_3"O"^(-) + "H"_3"O"^+$

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