A-LevelChemistryOrganic synthesisMay/June 2012Paper 1 Q291 Mark
A common industrial solvent is a mixture of propanone, CH3COCH3, and pentyl ethanoate CH3CO2(CH2)4CH3. Which reagent would have no reaction with this industrial solvent?
AHCl(aq)
BHCN(aq) with a little KCN
CNa(s)
DNaBH4
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