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Pentyl Chloride Aqueous sodium bicarbonate was used to wash the crude t-pentyl chloride. a. What was the purpose of this wash? Give equations. b. Why would it be undesirable to wash the crude halide with aqueous sodium hydroxide? Some 2-methyl-2-butene may be produced in the reaction as a by-product. Give a mechanism for its production.