why basic zinc acetate is suluble in water but beryllium is not?
thx
I try to guess but I'm not sure at all.
Be
++ ion is very little so in water it hydrolizes:
Be
++ + 2H
2O
Be(OH)
2 + 2H
+.
This reaction is displaced to the right if something can remove H
+ ions, for example a basic species. Oxyacetate ions are basic. But it's probable that Be
++ ions don't even form, dissolving the salt in water.