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1. Is hydroxide a strong enough base to deprotonate acetylene in good yield? Explain your answer using a balanced chemical eq

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No, NaOH cannot take the acetylene proton because the pka of acetylene is 25 in comparison to H20 which is 16. NAOH HC CH OH

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