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Suggest why Phenol is more reactive than Benzene in Electrophillic Substitution

With phenol, the oxygen atom is directly attached to the delocolised pi system in phenol, as a result the lone pair on this oxygen is incorporated into this delocolised pi system in phenol, increasing it'...

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How does the structure of benzene differ from the pre-assumed structure of 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene? Kekule's structure

(drawing of the two) There are three main ways that we can tell the correct structure of benzene consists of a delocalised ring. They are:

the delocalised structure is more stable that the pr...

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Why does reacting a bromoalkane with ammonia result in a quaternary ammonium salt and not an amine?

To explain this question let us use an example of reacting Bromoethane (CH3CH2Br) with ammonia (NH3). As bromine is more electronegative than carbon (electronegativity being the ability of an element to a...

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You have 3.51g of hydrated zinc sulphate. You heat up the zinc sulphate until all the water has evaporated from it. The weight after heating is 1.97g. Find how many H2O molecules per zinc sulphate molecule there are in the hydrated form of it.

Write down the equation: ZnSO4xH2O --> ZnSO4 + xH2O 2. Calculate the masses: 3.51g --> 1.97g + 1.54g 3. Calculate the number of moles, using the molar mass of water and zinc sulphate: 1.97g = ...

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What is entropy and how is it used in chemistry?

Entropy (S) is a measure of disorder in a system. Any process, in this case a chemical reaction, is said to entropically favoured if the overall disorder in the system increases. This is usually when ther...

Answered by Kashf S. • Chemistry tutor

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