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« on: September 29, 2008, 08:57:34 PM »
Will 1-butanol and NaOH react? If so, what will the end products be? Generalizations are fine here. I don't need steps/equations/etc.

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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2008, 09:06:06 PM »
Forgot to add that the NaOH is an aqueous solution.
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 07:02:34 AM »
Since the NaOH is going to exist as Na+ and OH- I'd think the 1-butanol would get deprotonated forming the 1-butanol conjugate and water.
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2008, 08:50:07 AM »
And after it has been deprotanted that Na+ ion could bind to the carbanion.

So, a C-H bond breaks heterolytically.  The OH- accepts a H+, and the C- accepts Na+.  Subsitution reaction Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2008, 04:55:09 PM »
Agreed.
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