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Chapter 5, Problem 46DSP
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The role of ethanol in the given reaction is to be identified.

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A catalyst is a species which itself remains unaltered in the reaction. It only reduces the activation energy and speeds up the reaction.

A reactive intermediate is a species which is produced in one elementary step and consumed in in the other step. It is neither a reactant nor a product in the overall reaction.

Bronsted acids are species which have the capacity to donate a proton.

Bronsted bases are species which have the capacity to accept a proton.

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