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Alkoxide metathesis

I am attempting a synthesis for acetylacetone. The preparation I wish to carry out is described on orgsynth by condensation of acetone and ethyl acetate with a...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by Andrew Kovács

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Work done in Irreversible Isothermal Expansion

This is the graph for the Isothermal Expansion of an Ideal Gas....

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Expression for Gibb's free energy change for a cell reaction

According to Chemistry Libretexts, the Gibbs free energy change of a cell reaction is related to the cell voltage as $$ Delta G = -nFE,$$ where...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by Michael Faraday

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Liquid storage of transition metal oxides?

Transition metal oxides (TMOs) have a lot of interesting properties, from ferroelectricity to battery applications. Often times you can change the properties with only slight changes of oxygen stoichiometry. For...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by user157879

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What is the unit of Z effective?

Z effective is the net positive charge experienced by an electron. But what is the unit of this net charge: coulomb (C) or microcoulomb (μC), or something else?...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by user95732

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Leaving Group Tendencies in Amide Hydrolysis

When we do hydrolysis of amides in basic conditions, we come across a mechanism in which the $ce{OH-}$ ion attacks the carbonyl forming an intermediate as given in the...

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Side product obtained in reduction of cuprous oxide with carbon

So my book sates that in the extraction of cuprous oxide, the following reaction takes place. $$ce{Cu2O + C -> 2 Cu + CO}$$ This makes sense to me,...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by Paras Khosla

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Cis and trans electrodes

I have come across use of the terms cis and trans electrodes in the context of nanopores and driving charged biomolecules through a pore using an electric field [...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by Naz

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Electrophilic addition on cyclopropane using sunlight

I encountered a weird question in an exam. The statement says that instead of radical substitution, cyclopropane undergoes electrophilic addition reaction in sunlight. I know that all saturated compounds give...

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Dehydration of primary alcohols without a β-hydrogen

What happens in dehydrations of primary alcohols (in presence of acid catalyst at high temperatures) which don't have a β-hydrogen?For example, in the case of neopentyl alcohol, will it dehydrate...

Asked on 10/05/2021 by gauri agrawal

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