NaHCO3 is used to get rid of the excess HCl used in the experiment.
You don't use NaOH because t-pentyl chloride + NaOH ==> the alcohol so you undo what you've done.
So we did a preparation of t-pentyl Chloride experiment in class the other day using t-pentyl alcohol, HCL, Aqueous sodium Bicarbonate, and calcium chloride as the drying agent.
Little confused on a few of these questions
Aqueous sodium bicarbonate was used to wash the crude t-pentyl chloride, what was the purpose of this wash (show reactions) and why would it be undesirable to was with aqueous sodium hydroxide instead?
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