Why do you only need a weak base like sodium bicarbonate to extract benzoic acid out of ether? O because a weak base is safer because benzoic acid is a strong organic acid making sodium hydroxide overkill because a strong base will also extract 2-napthol

Why do you only need a weak base like sodium bicarbonate to extract benzoic acid out of ether? O because a weak base is safer because benzoic acid is a strong organic acid making sodium hydroxide overkill because a strong base will also extract 2-napthol

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Why do you only need a weak base like sodium bicarbonate to extract benzoic acid out of ether?
O because a weak base is safer
because benzoic acid is a strong organic acid making sodium hydroxide overkill
because a strong base will also extract 2-napthol

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