Rahul Kumar
Last Activity: 13 Years ago
It can have different answers depending upon situation.
It is acidic as it reacts with sodium metal to liberate hydrogen gas. It is a typical acidic property.
It is basic as a proton can protonate oxygen atom because oxygen has two lone pairs of electrons.
R-O-H + H+ ------------> [ROH2]+
It is neutral to litmus.
It is amphoteric as it can behave as an acid and a base.