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Why does butan-2-ol have no effect on plane polarised light?

Butan-2-ol can be produced as a result of reducing butanone with NaBH4. The hydride ion in NaBH4 is used as a nucleophile which can attack the C on the (C=O )either above or below the plane, depending on ...

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What is the electronic configuration for the sodium ion, Na+ ?

1s² 2s² 2p⁶
Na+ has +1 positive charge and therefore it has lost an electron.It loses its one electron in its 3s orbital as that electron is at the highest energy - h...

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Zinc reacts with sulphuric acid (Zn + H2SO4 --> ZnSO4 + H2). Write out two separate equations for the species that are oxidised and reduced.

Zn --> Zn^2+ + 2e- (OXIDATION) H2^2- + 2e- --> H2 (REDUCTION)

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State and explain the difference in base strength between phenylamine and ammonia.

Phenylamine is a weaker base than ammonia. The lone pair on the nitrogen of phenylamine is delocalised into the ring, thus making the lone pair less available to combine with hydrogen ions. Also, in order...

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A student wanted to make 10.0 g of zinc chloride. The equation for the reaction is: ZnO(aq) + 2HCl(aq) → ZnCl2(aq) + H2O(l) Calculate the mass of zinc oxide the student needs to react with the dilute acid to make 10.0 g of zinc chloride. [4 marks]

What do we know from the question? 1. we know the balanced equation 2. we know the mass of zinc chloride we want to form. using the equation number of moles = mass/Mr we can calculate the number of moles ...

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