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Kajal Patel 3J

If you're not given the Newman projections but you have the formula of the molecule it is helpful to draw it out and see where the atoms would be positioned in order to determine the type of interactions it would have.

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When you name organic compounds you want the numbers to be as low as possible. So for 1.16 even though isopropyl comes before methyl alphabetically it is better to have a 1,1,2 instead of a 1,2,2. In 1.17 the same rule applies. Tert-butyl comes before methyl alphabetically but having 1,2,4 is better...

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Equivalent H's are those that are in the same chemical environment. For example in CH3-CH2-CH3, the H's on the CH3's are both connected by a single bond to carbon which is also connected by a single bond to another carbon. The environment is basically how the bonds connect the atoms. In this case, t...

Kajal Patel 3J

That may be a typo because I solved the problem without subtracting .59 and got the same answer

Kajal Patel 3J

Yes, when you write out the cell diagram the left will always be the anode and the right is always the cathode

Kajal Patel 3J

I think you may have messed up plugging in Faraday's constant. The correct value is F=96,485 C/mol.

Kajal Patel 3J

You can calculate the max potential of a cell using the equation E(cell)=E(cathode)-E(anode). It's important because it allows you to see whether a reaction is favorable or not

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We don't necessarily have to know how to derive all the formulas, but we need to know how to use them and when they are used. Dr. Lavelle spends time deriving them to show us where they come from and what they mean in the context of different problems.

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For this question you need to use bond enthalpies to show that benzene is more stable with resonance than without. Without resonance benzene has 3 carbon double bonds and 3 carbon single bonds, and using bond enthalpies you can calculate the energy: 3(348 kJ)+3(612 kJ)= 2880 kJ. With resonance benze...

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In the phase change graph there are multiple plateaus because there are multiple phase changes where the temperature is constant under controlled conditions. For example, water as a solid can change into a liquid or a vapor, each of which is indicated by a plateau.

Kajal Patel 3J

Yes, I believe the converse is also true. Usually when you have a strong acid or base, its conjugate is weaker and vice versa.

Kajal Patel 3J

HOMO stands for highest unoccupied molecular orbital and LUMO stands for the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. When you draw out a molecular orbital diagram for F2, you will see that the last orbital electrons occupy is the π*2p orbital, which makes it the highest occupied molecular orbital. The ...

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AX2E3 is linear because the three lone pairs repel each other. The linear shape minimizes this repulsion.

Kajal Patel 3J

Yes, if the question asks for oxidation number then you write it as either +3 or -3, I think either is fine.

Kajal Patel 3J

Yes the chemical reaction is at a state of dynamic equilibrium where the forward and reverse reactions occur at the same rate.

Kajal Patel 3J

Yes, the atom with the higher bond order is more stable even if it is a radical.

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A double bond will have one pi bond and one sigma bond. A pi bond is where two orbitals overlap side-by-side, which takes place in a double or triple bond.

Kajal Patel 3J

In this question you're supposed to write the Lewis structure including typical contributions to the resonance structure for hydrogen sulfite. In the solutions manual it shows that there are two resonance structures for this molecule, but I didn't understand why sulfur couldn't form a double bond wi...

Kajal Patel 3J

The higher the value for l, the higher the orbital is, so it's further away from the nucleus. When l=1, an electron is in the p orbital, and when l=2, an electron is in the d orbital. For an electron to be in the d orbital, the p orbital at that energy level would have to already be full, meaning th...

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1.23: The y-ray photons emitted by the nuclear decay of a technetium-99 atom used in radiopharmaceuticals have an energy of 140.511keV. Calculate the wavelength of these y-rays. For this question I assumed that the answer should have 6 sig figs because the energy given in the problem has 6 sig figs,...

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Re: Determining Steric/Torsional Interactions

Re: Problem 1.16 and 1.17

Re: Equivalent H

Re: Problem 15.63

Re: cell notation

Re: 14.35 discrepancy with constants

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Re: Why does a phase change graph have mutiple plateaus?

Re: Conjugate Seesaw Converse

Re: Homo vs. Lumo

Re: T-Shaped Molecule and its Dipole Moments

Re: Writing oxidation numbers for transition metals

Re: Equilibrium

Re: Radical vs. Higher Bond Order

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Number of sig figs for 1.23