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Can the following reactions occur at room temp?

MgO+H2O Mg(OH)2

Mg(OH)2 + K2CO3 MgCO3 + 2(KOH)

Can KOH deprotonate the amide group of C16H17N3O?

What happens (if anything) when:

C10H12O (Anethole) + KOH + CO2 + (H3O+) + H2CO3

are combined in a 50/50 ethanol/H2O solution at room temp, standard atm, and allowed to sit for 24 hours?

Various sources indicate (see links below) that Anethole + KOH Anol in an alcoholic solution, but usually require it to be boiling or for it to be put in an autoclave and boiled at several atms above standard. Could Anethole + KOH + CO2 Anol in 50/50 ethanol/H2O solution at room temp, standard atm, and allowed to sit for 24 hours? I guess what I'm asking is can:

C10H12O [Anethole] + 2(KOH) + 2(H3O+) + H2CO3 + CO2 C9H10O [Anol]+ K2CO3 + 4 (H2O) + C2H4O2 [Acetic Acid]

in 50/50 ethanol/H2O solution at room temp, standard atm, and allowed to sit for 24 hours?

{Links}:

https://chemistry.mdma.ch/hiveboard/methods/000444195.html

(bottom of page is Anethole + KOH Anol reaction)

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.1940.0009

(ctrl+f potassium hydroxide, anol. Namely the experimental section describes the formation of Anol from Anethole)

https://books.google.com/books?id=XxMKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA520&lpg=PA520&dq=anethol+%2B+KOH+-%3E+anol&source=bl&ots=d1NutLjinG&sig=ACfU3U3P21VZXH-yxpvFwcaZmBX7CAeCbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim-O3k8J7hAhUCmeAKHTmKAwsQ6AEwDXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=anol&f=false

(click page 520, it describes "Fused with caustic potash [KOH] Anethol [Anethole] becomes so-called Anol...")

>tfw the clean and reasonably safe one is the hard one to synthesize