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Chemistry
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When an unsymmetrical alkene undergoes electrophilic addition you often get a major and minor product. What would the major product be when propene reacts with hydrochloric acid? Why is this?

The major product would be 2-chloropropane whilst the minor product would be 1-chloropropane. This is because the more stable secondary carbonation is formed as an intermediate. This is e...

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What is Hess's law?

The enthalpy change in a reaction is independent of the route taken.

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Name and draw the mechanism by which benzene reacts with ethanoyl chloride in the presence of a catalyst. Also explain why benzene undergoes a substitution reaction, rather than an addition reaction.

Electrophilic substitution. (drawn) AlCl3 + CH3COCl --> AlCl4- + CH3CO+ (drawn) Then the electrophile CH3CO+ attr...

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What is the difference between intermolecular and intramolecular bonds.

Intermolecular means within, these bonds are within individual molecules, they include colavelt, ionic and metallic bonds.Intramolecular means the interactions are between

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Define entropy and explain how the entropy of an ice cube could be increased.

Entropy is the disorder within a system. It represents the number of different possible arrangements of particles in a substance. As the number of possible arrangements of particles increases, the entropy...

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