Chemistry: Principles and Reactions
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Chapter22: Organic Chemistry
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 60QAP: Write an equation for the reaction of chloroacetic acid (Ka=1.5103) with trimethylamine (Kb=5.9105)...
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Consider the following reaction and decide whether acetic acid is a suitable solvent. Show your work by drawing the reaction of acetic acid with each reactant and determining the direction of equilibrium quantitatively.

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PKa of benzene: 43
pka of acetone: 19.2
pka of acetic acid: 4.75
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