(Solution) - a Is sodium hydroxide a strong enough base to completely remove a proton from the carbon -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)
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(a) Is sodium hydroxide a strong enough base to completely remove a proton from the ?-carbon acetone; that is, does this equilibrium lie nearly completely to the right when sodium hydroxide is the base?
(b) Which common bases can be used to completely remove a proton from acetone?