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3. Post lab Question a. Draw the balanced chemical reaction that was performed in lab. b. Draw the complete electron pushing mechanism for reaction that you are performing. For the substitution step, identify the nucleophile, electrophile, and leaving group. c. Why is it important to mix the 2-naphthol and sodium hydroxide prior to adding 1- bromobutane? What might happen is you were to mix 2-naphthol, NaOH, and bromobutane all simultaneously? d. Do you have to worry about NaOH deprotonating ethanol to any appreciable extent? Explain. e. How do you think the reaction would have been affected if 1-iodobutane were used as the electrophile instead of 1-bromobutane? f. The IR spectrum of 2-naphthol is shown in the procedure. Based on the IR spectrum of your product, how can you confirm that the starting material was converted to the desired product? g. Write down the starting materials to synthesize following ethers by similar reaction scheme. OH not pala O₂N