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A stable metal hydride complex is reduced by one electron. How would that likely affect the...

A stable metal hydride complex is reduced by one electron. How would that likely affect the pKa and hydricity of the metal hydride?

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M-H + e- M + H-

when metal hydride complex is reduced by one electron metal takes the electron and get reduced and generate hydride....

To the best, of my knowledge term , hydricity was first used in 1992 for hydricity as parallel to donating ability of hydride, as parallel to acidity and parallel to nucleophilicity. After reduction with one electron hydride will have more electron density so hydride donating ability of metal hydride will increase so hydricity will increase. As hydride donating ability of metal hydride increase acidity will also increase because acidity is directly proportional to hydride donation ability. And pKa is inversely proportional to acidity so pKa will decrease

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