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Use this tag for questions relating to organic molecules and their properties (structure of organic molecules, spectroscopic properties, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry etc). DO NOT use this tag as the only tag in your question, as this tag by itself cannot appropriately classify your question. Always use this tag in addition to other more specific tags.

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What are reducing sugars? [duplicate]

I found that from many definitions reducing sugars are those which contain free aldehyde or ketone group which can reduce reagent like Tollen's Reagent.But I have also read that ketones get oxidized o …
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Which of the following alkenes would produce two products when they undergo an addition reac...

Well as mithoron said.its about symmetry.Let's see how but-1-ene comes out to be the answer On addition of HBr markownikov rule is followed but lets draw both product. 1.)CH2=CH2 + HBr--->Br-CH2-CH3 …
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How Fittig reaction gives good yield if phenyl cations are unstable?

I am confused,after reading from NCERT text that phenyl cations are unstable due several reasons like the carbon in phenyl group is sp2 hybridized,resonance structures do not stabilizes the phenyl cat …
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Why does benzaldehyde not respond to Fehling's test?

In benzaldehyde, the carbonyl group is an electron withdrawing group so the carbonyl group pulls the electron from the electron-rich benzene ring. Due to this, the polarity of the $\ce{C-H}$ bond in t …
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Hybridization of carbon in CO2

I know that if there exists a carbon atom with single bonds only (with other atoms),then it is $\mathrm{sp^3}$ hybridized. And if at least one of the bond is double bond then its $\mathrm{sp^2}$ hybri …
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Does the para position on benzene ring-polymers make the structure stronger?

para isomers fits into the crystal lattice more perfectly than ortho and meta due to steric reasons and hence generally they have more melting point. Also in certain aromatic compound ortho isomers fo …
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Comparing the reactivity towards aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction

In the following pairs of molecules, which is more reactive towards electrophilic substitution reaction? 1) 1,4-dinitrobenzene or 1,3-dinitrobenzene (don't consider the ortho isomer) 2) benzene- …
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Dependence of carbocation stability with respect to the length of alkyl group

Which carbocation is more stable, the ethyl carbocation or n-propyl carbocation? What is the effect of alkyl group length on the stability of a carbocation?
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