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This is the mass of the atoms in your compound relative to the mass of one atom of Carbon-12 (previously they used Hydrogen-1 or oxygen-16, but these have many naturally occurring isotopes). C-12 is easi...

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...

To understand why an ionic bond happens between a non-metal and a metal we first have to understand why bonds are made in the first place. All atoms want to do is be stable! To become stable they must hav...

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

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