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quadalpha
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| Maybe the answer can be revised to read "removal of an acidic proton"? No organic chemist will ever call that alpha hydrogen an acid. |
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mcat_premed3832
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Interesting comment. I also would not call a compound an acid just because it had an alpha hydrogen. However, if a compound had donated (past tense) a hydrogen, then would you not say that in that reaction it had acted as an acid? |
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quadalpha
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| mcat_premed3832 wrote: | | Interesting comment. I also would not call a compound an acid just because it had an alpha hydrogen. However, if a compound had donated (past tense) a hydrogen, then would you not say that in that reaction it had acted as an acid? |
You are right; it's just a bit strange, which I guess might have been the point  |
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