maskman` Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 i attempted this question believing that is was naoh and na(s) had the same properties and would react simliarly to the ester. i was found to be wrong. why?
Fuzzwood Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 What properties are you referring to? Hydroxide is a nucleophyle, sodium is an electron donor.
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Well, the first question is what do you think Na and NaOH do to an ester?
maskman` Posted February 18, 2013 Author Posted February 18, 2013 Well, the first question is what do you think Na and NaOH do to an ester? well, naoh i believe reacts to form alcohol and ch3ch2oNa with reacted with an ester. the alcohol comes from the ethyl part of the ester
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 And what do you think Na metal does? Also, small point of contention, it's really bugging me that you don't write the elemental symbols with their appropriate capital letters.
Ringer Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 I thought you could get a radical reaction using Na in EtOH.
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 You can. They both react with esters, but the products will be different.
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