Which of the following bicarbonate is insoluble in water?
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a
MgHCO32
b
NaHCO3
c
KHCO3
d
CaHCO32
answer is B.
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Bicarbonates of Alkali metals are less soluble than Alkaline earth metals. So compare NaHCO3 and KHCO3Structure of anion in NaHCO3 (Na+HCO3-) and KHCO3 K+HCO3- is:The two oxygen atoms with longer C−O distance are hydrogen bonded in pairs to another CO3 group with an O−H...O distance 2.61A, thus linking two CO3 groups so as to form a complex anion. [H2C2O4]−.This type of approximately coplanar conjugation of two bicarbonate ions is a new one found in acid carbonates and resembles that of a dimeric carboxylic acid. Thus two H bonds dimer type in KHCO3(a) and the chain type in NaHCO3(b) as shown in figure. So due to the presence of two H- bonds dimeric anion KHCO3 is more soluble in water as H2O being polar and H bonding in dimeric anion of KHCO3 makes it more polar.