If You Want to Form a Thermodynamic Enolate,you Want to

question 20

Multiple Choice

If you want to form a thermodynamic enolate,you want to

• A)keep the reaction as cold as possible.
• B)use an aprotic solvent such as THF.
• C)use a protic solvent such as ethanol.
• D)use a carboxylic acid.

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Definitions:

Dependent Events

Events whose probability of occurring is influenced by the occurrence of another event.

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to a situation where the occurrence of one event means the other cannot occur.

Independent

A term in statistics that describes two or more events that do not affect each other's outcomes.

Multiplicative Rule

In probability, a rule that calculates the probability of two independent events occurring together by multiplying the probability of each event.