Predicting charge of organic compound at certain pH

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Which property of compounds, organic ones in particular, can help us predict their charge(s) at a specific pH? Is pKa/pKb the only one? I would like some confirmation on this. Thank you very much!
 
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pKa and pKb help predict charges related to the acid/base (mostly protonoation) reactions. As these dominate, pKa/pKb is usually enough.

Actually I can't think of a counterexample ATM. Which probably means I will feel ashamed later today.
 
Borek said:
pKa and pKb help predict charges related to the acid/base (mostly protonoation) reactions. As these dominate, pKa/pKb is usually enough.

Actually I can't think of a counterexample ATM. Which probably means I will feel ashamed later today.
This information is enough. Thank you very much!