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Draw the synthesis reactions, with relevant conditions and reagents, for the synthesis of ethanamine from ethane.

1st step; Free Radical Subsitituition Start using Ethane UV light Chlorine/Bromine/Flourine used To prevent further subsitituiton, add and excess of Ethane.

2nd step; Nucleophilic Substutition Reac...

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A compound is found to contain 30.7% Sulfur, 23,3% Magnesium and 46% Oxygen. What is the empirical formula of the compound?

  1. Change % of elements in to moles: 30.7 mol of S, 23.3 mol of Mg and 46 mol of O2.
  2. Find the mass of each of the elements: 30.7 mol / 32.06 g/mol = 0.96 g of S;  23.3 mol / 2...
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Why do Copper and Chromium only have 1 electron in their S orbitals?

The reason Copper and Chromium have a slighly odd electron configuration is because of stability. By only having 1 electron in the 4s oribtal, Chromium is able to have 1 electron in each of it's 3d orbita...

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How do you form phenylamine from benzene? Include reagents and conditions and the name of the reactions

Benzene to nitrobenzene / nitration of benzene. Conditions: concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid. Carried below 50oC to avoid further substitution of nitro groups

Nitr...

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Draw the reaction mechanism for the formation of ethanol from bromoethane and water and name the mechanism.

The first step is the draw out the molecules in question to understand what is happening in the reaction. You can see that the bromine atom has been substituted for an alcohol group (OH) in the enthane mo...

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