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Jacob Afable 3J

For dehydrogenation, is the general thing to do is to add H₂(g) to the product side of the reaction?

Jacob Afable 3J

n represents the number of electrons transferred in the balanced reaction. The reaction shows that Fe(s) is getting oxidized since it's oxidation state changes from 0 as Fe(s) to 2+ in 2 Fe(OH) 2 (s). So for every Fe(OH) 2 formed, 2 electrons are being transferred. Since the reaction states that the...

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Winter 2013 Q2B:

Why do we divide the hydrolysis of ATP by the formation of acetyl phosphate to get the amount of moles of ATP?

Jacob Afable 3J

Winter 2013 Q2B:

Why do we divide the hydrolysis of ATP by the formation of acetyl phosphate to get the amount of moles of ATP?

Jacob Afable 3J

What makes an alkane a cycloalkane? For 1.5(a) and 1.6(b) the answer key says that both are cycloalkanes. I understand that because there exists single bonds between C-C and C-H, but when can you say that this type of hydrocarbon is a cycloalkane?

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\Delta G_{r} is equal to \Delta G_{products} - \Delta G_{reactants}. If the graph's final point is below the initial point, then that means that \Delta G_{products} < \Delta G_{reactants} and therefore \Delta G_{r} will be negative. If the graph's final point is above the initial point, then that m...

Jacob Afable 3J

What's th best way to figure out this molecular formula? Do we have to draw out the lewis structure first and count how many carbon and hydrogen atoms there are? Or is there a faster and simpler way to figure it out?

Jacob Afable 3J

4.35 says to draw and label the reaction profile for the reaction: CH 3 Br + - OH \rightleftharpoons CH 3 OH + Br - . For this particular reaction, how do we know that the Gibbs free energy of the reaction between the reactants and products is negative? For other reactions, how will we know whether ...

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Could someone help explain how to identify reaction intermediates as primary, secondary, or tertiary carbocations? From the reading, I picked up that maybe the number of CH 3 molecules will determine this, but I'm not sure if that is the case. For reference, Self Test 4.2B on page 149 in orange Intr...

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From question 11, Quiz 2 Preparation Winter 2015, it asks us to find the value of the rate constant at 770 K. How would we do that when they give us two rate constants at different temperatures. Are we supposed to find the change in rate constants or what?

Jacob Afable 3J

For the Winter 2011 Midterm Q2B, I just wanted a clearer explanation for how Container A is larger than both Container B or Container C. How do atoms of an ideal monoatomic gas have a larger number of particles?

Jacob Afable 3J

That makes complete sense, but say for question 14.3 where S is technically 2- as well as O, how do you determine that in SO42- that S has to have the oxidation number 6+? Since the total charge of SO 4 is 2-, Oxygen has a charge of 2- but since there are four oxygen atoms present you should multip...

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"9.45 Use the information in Table 8.3 to calculate the changes in entropy f the surroundings and of the system for (a) the vaporization of 1.00 mol CH 4 (l) at its normal boiling point; (b) the melting of 1.00 mol C 2 H 5 OH(s) at its normal melting point; (c) the freezing of 1.00 mol C 2 H 5...

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For part (a) it says there is an irreversible expansion against a constant external pressure. So you use w=-P external \Delta V. For part (b) it talks about an isothermal, reversible expansion. You would use the work equation w=-nRTln(v f /v i ). But in order to find how many moles there are, you wo...

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I'm having trouble understanding 8.75 (a). I understand the bonds that break by is the only bond that forms are 6 moles of N-F bond. Is there no double N-N bond that forms as well?

Jacob Afable 3J

The solution manual put the enthalpy of formation value for K₂S(aq) as -417.5 kJ/mol when Appendix 2A has -471.5 kJ/mol for K₂S.

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Jacob Afable 3J

I'm having some difficulty getting the right solution for question 8.41 which asks for the final temperature after an ice cube is added to water. The solution manual says to change from grams to moles and then using the table to find the amount of heat lost by ice. I tried using the specific heat ca...

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By definition, the standard enthalpy of formation of an element in its most stable form is zero. In lecture, I found a memory tool quite helpful that Professor Lavelle addressed in class. "If you're at sea level, what is your altitude? The altitude difference is zero." It makes sense becau...

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How is the -CH3 group in acetic acid less electron withdrawing that the -CCl3 group in trichloroacetic acid? what does electron withdrawing mean? And how is formic acid a stronger acid that trichloroacetic acid? Cl is more electronegative than Hydrogen; thus, when chlorine is attached to the centra...

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I already posted my file before but if the system has not recognized it yet, this is my video submission.

Jacob Afable 3J

A proton transfer would result in a net ionic equation in which an H+ ion is transferred from one species to another. In this case, the reactants could undergo a proton transfer, but this would look like: CH3COOH(aq) + NH3(aq) --> CH3COO-(aq) + NH4+(aq) The way the reaction is written, however, the...

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Chem_Mod wrote:Nice Jacob! Just remember to upload the file directly to here also.

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When asked to list HClO₃; HCLO; HCLO₂; HClO₄ from least acidic to most acidic, why does adding more negatively charged Oxygen atoms increase the acidity? I know that a strong acid completely dissociates in water. In these Bronsted acids, what is the conjugate base?

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The question could also ask the minimum uncertainty in velocity. For Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, be careful to notice what information is given. For cases where they give the radius size of an certain metal atom, make sure to double the length of the radius to get the diameter, which represe...

Jacob Afable 3J

Could someone help me clarify how to tell from the 4 flasks given in 11.7 which one is at equilibrium? What am I supposed to notice?

Jacob Afable 3J

Chem_Mod wrote:What does the problem state?

Jacob Afable 3J

How would we write the name for the following coordination compounds?

[Cr(NH₃)₃(OH₂)₃]³⁺

Na₂[PtCl₂(ox)₂]

Jacob Afable 3J

For BH₂^-, could someone please explain to me how the solution manual got a bond angle that is slightly less than 120 degrees?

Jacob Afable 3J

Could someone please explain to me why the shape of IF5 is square pyramidal?

Jacob Afable 3J

Predict the shape of an ethyne (acetylene) molecule, HCΩCH.

Please provide explanation to why it is linear.

Jacob Afable 3J

In addition, what is the correct method for finding the experimental chemical bond length?

Jacob Afable 3J

Hi! The potassium ions aren't bonded to the phosphorus atom because these are ionic compounds, not molecules(where electrons are shared). Ionic compounds don't usually have paired electrons because the anion usually takes electrons from the cation. In this case, the phosphorus(anion) takes electron...

Jacob Afable 3J

For chemical bond lengths, are we expected to memorize the covalent radii of each oxygen or will that be provided? And for question 89 part (c), I can't seem to figure out where they found the bond length for Oxygen from Figure 3.21

Jacob Afable 3J

Write the complete Lewis structure for each of the following compounds: (b) potassium phosphide Hi, could someone please explain why the Lewis structures appear the way they are in the solutions manual. For part (b), why are the Potassium ions not bonding with Phosphorus but rather floating around it?

Jacob Afable 3J

So basically, to find two different oxidation states, do you have to either add or subtract electrons to go toward the closest noble gases?

Jacob Afable 3J

For Question 2, this was my work to get the correct solution.

Jacob Afable 3J

The syllabus talks about doing at least 8 hours of independent study per week. What is the best way to divide our time among doing the hw problems, reading the assigned chapter, and going through the course reader?

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