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What is chirality?

Chiral molecules are enantiomers. A requirement for molecule to be chiral, and therefore have 2 possible enantiomers, there must be four different substituents bonded to a carbon centre. By swapping two b...

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Why is the Mg2+ ion smaller in radius than the Na+ ion?

To answer this we need to compare the two ions. The main difference between the two ions is the number of protons in the nucleus - Magnesium has one more proton than Sodium, however, if you look at the el...

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Why can graphite conduct electricity but diamond can’t even though they are both purely made of carbon?

Though graphite and diamond are made of only carbon, they both have a different structure. The structure of Graphite consists of carbon atoms covalently bonded to...

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Calculate the number of moles in 23.0g of CO2? ( relative atomic mass : Carbon=12, Oxygen=16)

Firstly we need to work out the molecular mass of CO2 . There is one carbon and two oxygens so we have to add the relative atomic mass (Ar) of one carbon and two oxygens. From the quest...

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Describe, in three steps, how you would synthesise phenylethylamine (C6H5CH2CH2NH2) from methylbenzene, giving reagents and conditions for each step. For each step, state the type of reaction that occurs.

Methylbenzene (C6H5CH3) can be reacted with chlorine in the presence of UV light. The type of reaction is free radical substitution, and this produces phenylchloromethane ...

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