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:
$\ce{H2SO4}$ dissociates in water in two steps as follows: $$\ce{H2SO4(aq) <=> HSO4^{-} + H+}$$ $$\ce{HSO4^{-}(aq) <=> SO4^{2-} + H+}$$
but
$\ce{Cu(OH)2}$ dissociates in water in one step as follows:
$$\ce{Cu(OH)2(aq) <=> Cu^{2+} + 2OH-}$$
Why is this so. Why does not $\ce{Cu(OH)2}$ dissociate in two steps to form $\ce{CuOH+}$ in the first step and $\ce{Cu^{2+}}$ in the second step?
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