What type of organic product results when 1-butyne is treated with 6M aqueous NaOH?
A)a sodium acetylide
B)an enol
C)an alcohol
D)an aldehyde
E)Not much reaction; most of the alkyne remains unchanged.

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1-butyne, being a terminal alkyne, does not react significantly with aqueous NaOH under normal conditions, thus remaining largely unchanged. Terminal alkynes require much stronger conditions or different reagents to undergo significant chemical transformations.

What Type of Organic Product Results When 1-Butyne Is Treated