Write a chemical equation for the hydrolysis reaction that explains why an aqueo

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Write a chemical equation for the hydrolysis reaction that explains why an aqueous solution of CH3NH3CIis acidic. [Please include the states of matter with each chemical species. Remember, it is an equilibrium reaction.] Analyze When dissolved, methylamine hydrogen chloride gives CH3NH3+ and Cl- ions in solution. Chloride ions do not hydrolyze in water because the Cl- ion is a very weak Bransted-Lowry conjugate base of the very strong acid HCl. The methylamine hydrogen cation, however, is the conjugate acid of a weak base (methylamine) and will dissociate in water to give H+ and CH3NH2.

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simple the product CH3NH3OH is a weak base and HCl is a strong acid , so the mixture is acidic

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