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Why can't I dry/concentrate ethanol using calcium chloride ... or can I?
My (very unreliable) school textbook tells me:
Lower alcohols form a solid derivative with certain metal salts.
and,
It is for this reason that ethanol cannot be dried/concentrated using ...
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What happens when prop-2-en-1-ol reacts with concentrated hydrogen bromide
What happens when prop-2-en-1-ol (allyl alcohol) reacts with concentrated hydrogen bromide?
My Idea: I thought that in the first step protonation of the hydroxyl group will take place followed by ...
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Why is tert-Butyl (tBu) often not listed as protecting group for alcohol?
I am not seing tBu listed as alcohol protection group in all of these places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_group#Alcohol_protecting_groups
http://www.synarchive.com/protecting-group/
http:...
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