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       Organic question of the day
   DIR By: Michel
       Date: June 17, 2013, 3:17 am
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       Explain why methanol cannot be used as a solvent in a reaction
       in which you want to use NaNH2 as base
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       Re: Organic question of the day
   DIR By: Potla
       Date: June 18, 2013, 7:00 am
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       Hmm, not so sure, but is it because...
       [spoiler]Methanol would give Na-methoxide and ammonia, so that
       NaNH2 will lose it's basic nature?[/spoiler]
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