Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 2.SE, Problem 40AP
Alcohols can act either as weak acids or as weak bases, just as water can. Show the reaction of methanol, CH3OH, with a strong acid such as HCl and with a strong base such as Na+-NH2.
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