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Title: How and under what conditions does sodium hydroxide react with ethanal?
Post by: pixie on October 18, 2005, 03:46:21 PM

How and under what conditions does sodium hydroxide react with ethanal?

Is it by addittion to become CH3CH(OH)2 then elimination...to form the ethanal again?

Title: Re:NaOH with organic compounds
Post by: Garneck on October 18, 2005, 04:00:06 PM

First reaction:

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