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Why, in the bromination of phenols, do you not need an acid catalyst like you do in the bromination of benzene?

Benzene's delocalised π electrons means that it is not very nucleophilic and so cannot polarise a neutral molecule and produce the required electrophile. As a result it require a catalyst to form the elec...

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Explain how a covalent bond holds two atoms together.

The electrostatic forces of attraction between the shared pair of bonded electrons and the positively charged nuclei hold the atoms together.

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Write an ionic equation, with state symbols, to show the reaction of calcium with an excess of water.

Ca(s)+ 2H2O(l) ---> Ca2+(aq) + 2OH– (aq) + H2(g) 

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Which chemical would have a higher boiling point 1,3-dimethylbutane or hexane

Hexane would have the higher boiling point, due to the fact it's unbranched unlike 1,3-dimethlybutane, hexane would have more surface contact and hence more London forces acting upon it. As a result it wo...

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Describe how to separate hydrocarbons of different lengths

Heat the oil up until it is a vapour Pass into fractionating column Negative temperature gradientHydrocarbons of different lengths have different boiling points They condense at different heights and are ...

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