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The alpha hydorgen of a carbyonyl has a pKa of 19. On a passage would this be considered an acidic site?
Let's say a ethanoic acid as an example. Would this be considered a diprotic species?
Also, what does BR mean when it says "alkyl bromides and chlorides yield more O-akylation side products than akyl halides"? This is in relation to the carbanion doing a nucelophilic subsitution reaction on alkyl halid resulting in a longer ketone molecule. BR doesn't seem to expand on what O-akylation is.
Let's say a ethanoic acid as an example. Would this be considered a diprotic species?
Also, what does BR mean when it says "alkyl bromides and chlorides yield more O-akylation side products than akyl halides"? This is in relation to the carbanion doing a nucelophilic subsitution reaction on alkyl halid resulting in a longer ketone molecule. BR doesn't seem to expand on what O-akylation is.