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Fluorine is much more reactive than chlorine, even destroying the aromaticity. This is at the expense of the very strong C-F bonds (good orbital size and energy overlap) that are formed. C-Cl bonds are we...

Nucleophile- electron pair donor. If electron dense it's therefore attracted to a positive charge. A partial positive charge can be found on the C atom due to the electronegativity of chlorine. Therefore,...

Aldehydes can be differentiated from ketones as they give a positive result for the following tests -Tollens' reagent turns from a colourless solution to a silver precipitate.Fehling's solution turns from...

An atom of nitrogen has 5 valence electrons in its outer shell. Each hydrogen atom in ammonia bonds to the central nitrogen atom and contributes an electron each. This means there are 8 electrons in total...

Hypochlorite reacts with ammonia to yield chloramine and water. (emphasise to the students that hypochlorite is an oxidising agent, getting reduced to chloride ions). chloramine is a very toxic gas, since...