A 25.0-mL sample of 0.125 M pyridine is titrated with 0.100 MHCl. Calculate the pH at 0 mL of added acid.
So you have: \(\sf \color{red}{Pyr + H^+ \rightleftharpoons Pyr-H + Cl^-}\) Since it says, find the pH at 0 mL added, that is basically telling you the pH BEFORE you perform the titration. Which is relatively simple. pH = -log[\(\sf H^+\)]
You need to know the pKb of pyridine.
I don't think you need the pK\(\sf _b\) prior to addition of the acid? but definitely before reaching equivalence point at which point you will have a buffer and you can use henderson-hasselbach equation to find pH.
Isn't there a typo in the question? Shouldn't it be "Calculate the pH at 10 mL of added acid." ? (maybe 20 mL?) With this 0 mL, the wording is so strange.
Oh, nevermind, I think i was thinking of the acid, but @Vincent-Lyon.Fr is correct. This is a weak base, so you need your K\(\sf _b\) since it undergoes incomplete dissociation.
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