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1st blank options: equal to / less than / greater than

Question 5 Status: Not yet answered Points possible: 1.00 In a Williamson ether synthesis, you start by adding a base like methoxide to deprotonate a phenol so the deprotonated phenolate can act as a nucleophile. The moles of base should be choose... the moles of the phenol. Less base might result in the phenol Choose... More base might result in the base Choose...

2nd blank options: not reacting completely / acting as an electrophile / becoming fully protonated

3rd blank options: reprotonating the phenol / not reacting completely / acting as the nucleophile

Answer 1

The moles of base should be equal the mole q phenol The less base might result in the phenol not reacting completly More base might result in the base Scanned with a CamScanner acting as the nucleophile