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What is the chemical reaction between hydrocarbon and sodium hydroxide?
I was wondering what is the chemical reaction between hydrocarbon and sodium hydroxide when they react with each other. I can not find it on the internet that's why I asked y'all. Thanks
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1 year ago
Any chemist is there if once yousee it answer this please
6 years ago
Depends on the hydrocarbon.
Answer 6 years ago
+1.
Surely vegetable oil is a "hydrocarbon"
Answer 6 years ago
Depending on how strict you are at applying the definition (strictly speaking, hydrocarbons have only hydrogen and carbon in their molecules).
If you're going to be fussy, vegetable oil is a triglyceride.
6 years ago
As far as I know, under normal conditions sodium hydroxide doesn't react at all with hydrocarbons.
What I am sure of is that sodium hydroxide used to be used to remove sulfer compounds from crude oil but is now pretty much banned worldwide because of the waste products' toxicity.