Subject: Question about binding energy and deprotonation energy

From: Qiang Lu <qiangl$at$uci.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:11:17 -0700

Hi CCLERs,

   Think about the following two reaction:

   A + B-H = AB-H
   A + B  =  AB

   The total energy of AB-H is lower than AB, but the binding energy
   between A and B of AB is higher than that of AB-H.

   Then which state is prefer between AB-H and AB? In another words,
   is it prefer a deprotonated state of AB-H or not in the nature?
   
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Best regards,
 Qiang Lu                         mailto:qiangl$at$uci.edu