Bisulfite

Bisulfite

Bisulfite ion (IUPAC-recommended nomenclature: hydrogen sulfite) is the ion HSO3. Salts containing the HSO3 ion are termed bisulfites also known as sulfite lyes. For example, sodium bisulfite is NaHSO3.

Reactions

Bisulfite salts are typically prepared by treatment of alkaline solutions with excess sulfur dioxide::SO2 + NaOH → NaHSO3

HSO3 is the conjugate base of sulfurous acid, H2SO3::H2SO3 unicode|⇌ HSO3 + H+Sulfurous acid is not an isolable compound and does not appear to exist in solution either. An equilibrium that is much more consistent with spectroscopic evidence is given ::SO2 + H2O unicode|⇌ HSO3 + H+

HSO3 is a weakly acidic species with a p"K"a of 6.97. Its conjugate base is the sulfite ion, SO32−::HSO3 unicode|⇌ SO32− + H+

tructure

Most evidence suggests that the proton in bisulfite ion is located on sulfur, giving rise to "C"3v symmetry. There is, however, some evidence from 17O NMR spectroscopy to suggest that two tautomeric forms of HSO3 exist in dynamic equilibrium, one having "C"3v symmetry (protonated at sulfur) and other "C"s symmetry (protonated at oxygen) [D. A. Horner, R. E. Connick, "Inorg. Chem." 25, 2414-7 (1986).] . The "C"3v structure is supported by X-ray crystallography and, in aqueous solution, by Raman spectroscopy (ν(S–H) = 2500 cm−1).

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