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Please answer question 2. Thank you!

Case Study Questions 1. Cocaine (in the form of cocaine hydrochloride) is usually consumed by drinking, snorting, or injecting, but not by smoking. However, the free base form of cocaine is smoked. What is the likely reason for this? 2. What chemical reaction(s) would occur if NaOH were used instead of baking soda to make crack cocaine? Write a mechanism for the reaction(s) proposed. 3. Locate and read the article that Professor Martinez referred to. Respond to Ling's question in less than 250 words. 4. Aldehydes and ketones undergo nucleophilic addition reactions as illustrated by the reaction shown in Figure 4. Write a mechanism for this reaction.