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- Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:11 pm
- Forum: Administrative Questions and Class Announcements
- Topic: Winter 2016 Final Exam Review and Information
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18428
Re: Winter 2016 Final Exam Review and Information
Thank you Dr. Lavelle!
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:00 am
- Forum: *Ethers
- Topic: Priority of Ethers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4219
Re: Priority of Ethers
That's incorrect. Dr. Lavelle revised it.
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:41 am
- Forum: *Electrophiles
- Topic: CO2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1861
Re: CO2
A easy to way to think about it. CO2 can react with OH-, which is obviously a nucleophile, so CO2 must be a electrophile.
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:14 am
- Forum: *Alkanes and Substituted Alkanes (Staggered, Eclipsed, Gauche, Anti, Newman Projections)
- Topic: Stability
- Replies: 1
- Views: 514
Re: Stability
The staggered conformation maximizes the distance between certain atoms in a molecule. As a result, this conformation minimizes the repulsion between electrons around the atoms and thus minimizes the energy of the molecule, causing it to be more stable.
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:19 pm
- Forum: *Constitutional and Geometric Isomers (cis, Z and trans, E)
- Topic: Geometric Isomers with multiple double bonds
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1740
Re: Geometric Isomers with multiple double bonds
We consider the C=C between the third and the fourth carbon atoms. When we are talking about geometric isomers due to C=C, for each of the carbon atom on both sides of the double bonds, it has to be connected by two different chain. For example, the first carbon atom is connected to two hydrogen ato...
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:10 pm
- Forum: *Alkenes
- Topic: Isomers of C4H8 (workbook p46)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 694
Re: Isomers of C4H8 (workbook p46)
They are the same. Since the C=C is on the first and second carbon atoms, two atoms connecting with the first carbon atom are both Hydrogen, and thus there is no geometric isomer. The angle between the second C-C bond and the third C-C bond is always 109.5 degrees no matter how you draw it.
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:51 pm
- Forum: Reaction Mechanisms, Reaction Profiles
- Topic: Reverse reactions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 447
Re: Reverse reactions
Are you referring to a question in today's quiz? I think you can not find the K (equilibrium constant) if only the concentrations are provided because you do not know if the reaction is at equilibrium. Instead you can calculate the Q, which equals to k(forward)/k(backward) at that instant moment. Ho...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:34 pm
- Forum: *Electrophiles
- Topic: Electrophiles and lone pairs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 524
Re: Electrophiles and lone pairs
I think electron deficient refers to when an element has less electrons than it should have according to its atomic number. For example, in HBr, since Br is more electronegative than H, it attracts the electron of H and make that electron closer to Br, and thus we consider their is no electron aroun...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:59 pm
- Forum: Work, Gibbs Free Energy, Cell (Redox) Potentials
- Topic: Gibbs Free Energy and Work
- Replies: 2
- Views: 765
Re: Gibbs Free Energy and Work
The change of Gibbs Free Energy measures the maximum non-expansion work that a system does under constant P and V. In the battery, this non-expansion work is electric work done by the transfer of electrons under voltage difference between cathode and anode.
- Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:36 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: Reducing Agent Strength
- Replies: 1
- Views: 483
Re: Reducing Agent Strength
In a Redox reaction, the reducing property of reducing agent is always stronger than the reducing property of the reduced product. For example, in Zn + Cu 2+ = Cu + Zn 2+, Zn is the reducing agent and Cu is the reduced product. Thus, Zn is stronger than Cu in terms of reducing agent.
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: Calculating Standard Reaction Entropies (e.g. , Using Standard Molar Entropies)
- Topic: Standard Reaction Entropy vs. Standard Entropy of Formation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 518
Re: Standard Reaction Entropy vs. Standard Entropy of Format
Hi, Standard entropy of formation is often measured in laboratory and can be look up in reference form or book. The standard entropy of formation of a compound under certain temperature is the entropy change when elements react to form 1 mol of this compound under this temperature. For example, the ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: Calculating Standard Reaction Entropies (e.g. , Using Standard Molar Entropies)
- Topic: About spontaneity and boiling point
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2331
About spontaneity and boiling point
Dr. Lavelle mentioned that boiling point is the temperature that the vaporization is spontaneous at 1 atmosphere. However, water, which has a boiling point of 100℃, vaporizes constantly in room temperature. Is the vaporization of water spontaneous? If not, how to explain the relationship between spo...
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:18 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Systems (Open, Closed, Isolated)
- Topic: Isolated Systems
- Replies: 2
- Views: 682
Re: Isolated Systems
I think the isolated system is an ideal model. It cannot even exist in lab setting, but can only be used in calculation.
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: Reaction Enthalpies (e.g., Using Hess’s Law, Bond Enthalpies, Standard Enthalpies of Formation)
- Topic: Kekulé Structures
- Replies: 2
- Views: 663
Re: Kekulé Structures
There are two versions of the structure of Benzene. A Kekulé structure is the alternative of single bond and double bond. Another one is that the bond between two carbon atoms is neither single bond or double bond, but it is a bond between single bond and double bond (a sigma bond with a big pi bond...
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: Reaction Enthalpies (e.g., Using Hess’s Law, Bond Enthalpies, Standard Enthalpies of Formation)
- Topic: The delta H calculation in addition reaction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 860
The delta H calculation in addition reaction
When we calculate the enthalpy change of the addition reaction: ethylene reacts with hydrogen to form ethane, we consider that the "C=C" in ethylene completely breaks and a new "C—C" in ethane forms, so we subtract the heat released when "C—C" forms from the heat absorb...