Acid Catalyzed Hydro-alkoxy Addition

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• What is an acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy addition?
• Does acid-catalyzed alkoxyation have the same mechanism as acid-catalyzed hydration?
• What are some common mistakes students make with acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy additions?
• Is an acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy addition the same as an acid-catalyzed alkoxyation?
• Does acid-catalyzed alkoxylation always use alcohol as the nucleophile?
• What is an alkoxy group?
• What is an alkoxide?
• What are the products of an acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy addition?
• What is an example of an acid-catalyzed alkoxylation?
• Do catalyzed hydro-alkoxy addition follow the Markovnikov rule?
• Why are tertiary alcohols very inactive in acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy additions?
• What are acid catalyzed hydro-alkoxy additions used for?
• What is the mechanism for the hydroxymercuration-demercuration of n-butyne?
• What would happen if the following aromatic molecule with an alkenyl sidechain reacts with sulfuric acid?
• Why ethers only undergo cleavage with strong acids and not with weaker acids?
• Question #345e9
• Why should the alkoxide ion be the one expelled instead of hydroxide?
• What does #KOCH_2CH_3 + HOCH_2CH_3# do in a reaction?
• Why can't the alkoxide ion deprotonate acetylene?
• What is the state symbol for a sodium alkoxide?
• Why are alkoxides strong bases?
• How do you prepare alkoxide?
• How can you neutralize alkoxide?
• How do alkoxide ions form?
• How do chemists form alkoxide?
• How are alkoxides formed?
• How do chemists make alkoxide from alcohol?
• Which of the following is an ether? How can you tell?
• Why is phenoxide ion a stronger acid than alkoxide ion?
• How do you do addition reactions?
• What is an addition reaction?
• To make a dihalo-olefin from an alkyne, should the halogen be added to the alkyne, or vice versa?