Timeline for Can I use potassium acetate instead of potassium carbonate?
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| Aug 5, 2020 at 13:52 | vote | accept | Violet | ||
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| Aug 4, 2020 at 16:55 | answer | added | Buttonwood | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 4, 2020 at 16:25 | comment | added | Mathew Mahindaratne | Think of this way: $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}$ of proline $\ce{NH}$ is 3.60, thus it is already protonated (zwitterionic). $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b}$ of $\ce{AcO-}$ is 9.25 (weakly basic) and that of $\ce{CO3^2-}$ is 3.67 (much better base than $\ce{AcO-}$ and comparable with proline). Thus, you must use $\ce{K2CO3}$ as the base here. | |
| Aug 4, 2020 at 15:42 | comment | added | Waylander | The important thing the pot carb is doing is stopping the proline nitrogen from getting protonated as the reaction progresses by the HCl that is generated by the reaction. Pot. acetate will not do this. | |
| S Aug 4, 2020 at 14:38 | history | suggested | Safdar Faisal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2020 at 14:28 | history | asked | Violet | CC BY-SA 4.0 |