Question

Tartaric acid has two acidic (ionizable) hydrogens. The acid is often present in wines and precipitates from solution as wine ages. A solution containing an unknown concentration of the acid is titrated with NaOH. It requires 22.62 mL of 0.2000 M NaOH solution of titrate both acidic protons in 40.00 mL of tartaric acid solution. Write the balanced molecular and net ionic equations for the neutralization reaction and calculate the molarity of the tartaric acid solution.