carlituz
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Soution of KOH in Benzene by Ethanol
Hello everyone,
Do you think it's possible to solve potassium hydroxide in benzene using ethanol as a medium, i.e. to solve KOH in EtOH, and later to mix this
solution with benzene?
May any precipitation of the alkali salt take place?
May any reaction in the mixture take place?
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NitreRat
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No, I don't think it's possible to dissolve potassium hydroxide in benzene this way. When you add the ethanolic solution of potassium hydroxide to the
benzene I would imagine that nearly all of the potassium hydroxide would precipitate out.
What are you trying to achieve by doing this anyway? It seems like a strange thing to want to do.
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JJay
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I don't think that would work. It depends on what concentrations you want to achieve, but you can't dissolve much more than trace amounts of KOH in
much benzene that way.
I am also pretty sure that the KOH would precipitate, but perhaps aga knows something that I don't.
[Edited on 1-1-2016 by JJay]
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byko3y
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My guess is that KOH will precipitate. KOEt has low solubility in benzene, so most likely there will be separated a KOEt-EtOH layer with KOH
precipitate in it.
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