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For a Schiff’s base condensation reaction using copper (II) acetate, salicaldehyde in methanol along with methylamine (5.2 ml, 33% in ethanol) should you/should you not use anhydrous sodium acetate? Why/why not?
Anhydrous sodium acetate which is used as a source of sodium ions in solutions. copper (II) acetate act as oxidizing agent in organic chemistry and methanol is the solvent here. For Schiff’s base condensation we need an aldehyde and an amine along with solvent and another catalyst if required but in this case, there is no use of anhydrous sodium acetate. Because as I told that anhydrous sodium acetate which is used as a source of sodium ions in solutions or you can say it disassociates in water to form sodium ions (Na+) and acetate ions but here we don't require Na+ so one can avoid using this.