monobasic
/ˌmɑnoʊˈbeɪsɪk/
adjective
- Describing an acid that has only one hydrogen atom that can be replaced by a metal to form a salt.
- Hydrochloric acid is a monobasic acid because it has one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- Citric acid is not monobasic; it has three replaceable hydrogen atoms.
- In chemistry class, we learned that monobasic acids donate only one proton per molecule.