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neutralizer

Lifer
Oct 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: Brainonska511
mmmm Sodium Hydroxide, a base that will depropanate a phenol but not cause an elimination reaction, allowing it to form an ether through an SN2 reaction with an alkyl-halide creating an asymmetrical ether.

Edit: Learned about making ethers today in O-Chem.

Oh god... oh god... ochem...