Ochem Question

[Shinpe]

Can anyone clear this one up?? I don't remember the reactions.

Thanks

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[ttran9229]

Can anyone clear this one up?? I don't remember the reactions.

Thanks

I believe the answer is D. NaHCO3 forms an aqueous layer with carboxylic acids. HCl then protonates the sodium carboxylate.

 

[Shinpe]

I believe the answer is D. NaHCO3 forms an aqueous layer with carboxylic acids. HCl then protonates the sodium carboxylate.

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[Sublimation]

i would say C???maybe..???seems like the only logic answer after D lol i thought D at first too lol.

 

[predentgrl]

ttran is correct, the base takes the most acidic proton from the acid, and the HCl restores the acid

 

[Shinpe]

Oh oooooops

you guys are right. I for some reason read the answer "D" as "B" and was wondering how the hell an aldehyde would react with HCO3-.

Anywayz, you're right. It's D, but I had thought C at first.