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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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Can sodium hypochlorite soak all the way through an unglazed ceramic cup and bleach blue pap...
It is not the ionic properties that control the diffusion. Diffusion is a fundamental property of molecules dissolved in a liquid. A bleach solution stored in an unglazed container can potentially dif …
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Which of the five main branches of chemistry has the most labwork?
All the five so-called branches of chemistry require heavy use of the brain. Modern chemistry is very interdisciplinary. At the research level, the distinction among these branches becomes blurry. Eve …
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Why is Oxygen compulsory for free radical reactions?
There is no such condition that oxygen must be present to generate free radicals. Chlorine forms free radicals, and so do many organic molecules. In fact the presence of oxygen is bad for free radical …
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Chemistry Vs. AutoMobile Industry
I want to ask, if a person is getting graduated by having studied all the chemistry majors and he/she wants to get into any field related to automobile industry or cars to be precise. What would th …
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Cycloalkanes and saturation
Saturated is an old term in organic chemistry, dating back when the atomic structures and electrons did not exist. The meaning of saturated, even today is "chemically combined to the maximum extent, h …
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Ion chromatography of anions
In ion chromatography there are multiple retention mechanisms, the ion-exchange is the primary one. However, let us keep it simple.
You should be able to explain why monovalents retain less than diva …
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Classification of Organic Compounds And Definition of certain terms
Query regarding cyclic compounds- yes your reasoning is correct. Your structure has multiple functional groups (C=C) and a cyclopropane ring. Look at the structure of cholestrol, it has a number of ri …
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Safe to wash weighing paper?
The response to your concern depends on the application. If it were just an academic exercise, forget about it, since you may have already done the experiments. However, the point to keep in mind is t …
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Difference between water soluble and hydrolysed
Hydrolyzed means that the compound decomposed in an reversible or irreversible (in a literal sense) in the presence of water.
The term solubility does not indicate decomposition. For example, table su …
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Choice of solvent during thin layer chromatography
Chromatography is really an empirical science. The fluid mechanical side and the adsorption phenomenon is somewhat well understood but choosing mobile phases is essentially based on trials, sadly to d …
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Origin of the term "millamolecule"
I came across a term "millamolecule" to represent macrocycles with a molecular weight between 500 and 1,000 daltons. Google Scholar show several resources which use this term e.g., Google Scholar Resu …
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Do all anhydrous organic matter burn?
Burning is a non-scientific term, it implies appearance of a luminous chemical reaction in a gaseous phase. It is commonly called a flame. It does not necessarily imply the presence of carbon or even …
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Difference between organic and inorganic chemistry
IUPAC is the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, they make recommendations on the nomenclature. IUPAC mentions that the difference between organic and inorganic is not distinct. To quot …
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Why do we subtract the mass of one proton in mass spectrometry (negative mode)?
Interesting question, which originates from a major misconception related to pH in LCMS. Nowadays, there are dozens of ionization techniques so in the question always mention the ionization method.
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Why was Nobel Prize given to Baeyer for his "faulty" Baeyer's Strain Theory?
Scientists are human beings after all. Nobody gets a Nobel Prize for inventing a "formula". It is the idea that makes an impact and new ideas are respected. Scientists like normal human beings make ho …
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