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What's added to Ethanoyl Chloride to make Methyl Ethanoate? Draw out the mechanism for this reaction. Why is this preferred to esterification?

Methanol under normal conditions.Refer to whiteboard.Irreversible, easier conditions to meet, faster.

Answered by Gabriel P. • Chemistry tutor

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Why is iodine a solid at room temperature and chlorine a gas, despite being in the same group?

Iodine is further down group 7 than chlorine. Their group number only describes the number of electrons they have in their outer shell. As iodine has a higher atomic number than chlorine, it also has more...

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Explain the trend in first ionisation energies across a period.

There is a general increase in the ionisation energy as we move across a period. This is because the the number of shielding electrons is constant and the atomic number increases, which means the effect...

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Why does ionisation energy increase across a period?

As you go across the period, the nuclear charge (or number of protons increase) but the shielding (or the number of shells) stays the same as all of the elements are on the same period. This causes the nu...

Answered by Anjali P. • Chemistry tutor

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