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[Throughout the question, references will be made to a diagram which shows the mechanism of the reaction] In organic addition reactions like the one described in the question, an unstable intermediate car...

Background knowledge Boiling point reflects the strength of intermolecular forces. The more attracted molecules are to each other, the more energy is needed to separate them and tu...

A chiral carbon is a carbon atom that is attached to 4 different types of atoms or groups of atoms.

The acidity of a compound is measured by its pKa, which is defined as: pKa=-log([H⁺]) ([H⁺] is the concentration of H⁺ in solution). As [H⁺] increases, pKa decr...

By the VSEPR (Valence shell electron pairs repulsions) theory, even though there are four electron pairs on C and N, the presence of a lone pair of electrons on N increases the repulsions, meaning that th...