maskman` Posted February 17, 2013 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzwood Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 What properties are you referring to? Hydroxide is a nucleophyle, sodium is an electron donor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Well, the first question is what do you think Na and NaOH do to an ester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskman` Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 18, 2013 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringer Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I thought you could get a radical reaction using Na in EtOH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 You can. They both react with esters, but the products will be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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