Asked by Ley

1. When adding the sodium borohydride solution to the vanillin solution, why are you told to do so in a dropwise fashion?

-So you don't accidentally spill any sodium borohydride

-To prevent formation of unwanted vanillin byproducts

-to prevent formation of unwanted sodium borohydride byproducts

-Sodium borohydride is explosive

-Both A and D above are correct

(I'm leaning towards option C but I also thought it might be D)

Answers

Answered by DrBob222
I don' know what the question is. What does "Both A and D above are correct" mean.
Answered by Ley
Question: When adding sodium borohydride solution to the vanillin solution, why are you told to do so in a dropwise fashion?

A. So you don't accidentally spill any sodium borohydride

B. To prevent formation of unwanted vanillin byproducts

C. To prevent formation of unwanted sodium borohydride byproducts

D. Sodium borohydride is explosive

E. Both A and D above are correct

(This experiment was reacting vanillin with sodium borohydride to form vanilly alcohol)
There are no AI answers yet. The ability to request AI answers is coming soon!

Related Questions