The question asked for "weakly alkaline" solution, right? So shouldn't it be sodium phenoxide? The carboxylate salt is hardly alkaline in solution.Originally posted by teraexa:er should be the carboxylate salt. the choice is between the phenol and carboxylate salt, but the carboxylate salt is less alkaline than phenol salt.
I interpreted alkaline to be alkaline. That's it. So given the 2 choices, I chose the salt which is a weaker conjugate base.Originally posted by RETARDED_MORON:The question asked for "weakly alkaline" solution, right? So shouldn't it be sodium phenoxide? The carboxylate salt is hardly alkaline in solution.