My book states that dibasic and tribasic acids dissociate in water in two and three steps respectively but for diacidic and triacidic bases it states that they dissociate in one step. I do not know why.
For example:
HX2SOX4 dissociates in water in two steps as follows: HX2SOX4(aq)−⇀↽−HSOX4X−+HX+ HSOX4X−(aq)−⇀↽−SOX4X2−+HX+
but
Cu(OH)X2 dissociates in water in one step as follows:
Cu(OH)X2(aq)−⇀↽−CuX2++2OHX−
Why is this so. Why does not Cu(OH)X2 dissociate in two steps to form CuOHX+ in the first step and CuX2+ in the second step?
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