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Why is Diiron nonacarbonyl so exceptional?

experimental-chemistry solubility coordination-compounds vapor-pressure carbonyl-complexes
Nov 25 '19 at 3:08 Oscar Lanzi 28.6k
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Why do XeO and XeF8 not exist?

inorganic-chemistry halides covalent-compounds noble-gases
May 3 '17 at 20:52 Melanie Shebel♦ 6,263
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Why does fructose reduce Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution?

organic-chemistry biochemistry carbohydrates
Nov 14 '16 at 14:17 Community♦ 1
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How can the intense color of potassium permanganate be explained with molecular orbital theory?

molecular-orbital-theory coordination-compounds transition-metals color
Sep 27 '16 at 5:19 Community♦ 1
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Why do all radioactive decay series terminate at lead?

radioactivity
Feb 20 '20 at 9:44 Krish Baagh-Jung Karki 1
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Structural representation of substituted benzene

organic-chemistry aromatic-compounds structural-formula
Mar 6 '18 at 3:00 Gaurang Tandon 8,246
 
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Why are palladium and platinum carbonyls unstable at room temperature?

inorganic-chemistry transition-metals stability carbonyl-complexes
Sep 4 at 14:41 Oscar Lanzi 28.6k
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Why do different elements form different types of carbides?

inorganic-chemistry bond ionic-compounds covalent-compounds
Dec 10 '19 at 14:08 Community♦ 1
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Why is this compound named resorcinol?

organic-chemistry nomenclature aromatic-compounds
Jan 18 '16 at 18:15 salamander 3
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Why Cu+ is unstable in aqueous medium?

inorganic-chemistry stability
May 22 at 2:30 VEVO LK 1
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What is the product of the chemical reaction between phenol and ferric chloride?

organic-chemistry coordination-compounds phenols
May 30 '16 at 21:38 bon 14.3k
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What is the structure of iodide of Millon's base?

inorganic-chemistry experimental-chemistry structural-formula halides
May 16 '16 at 16:32 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
 
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Is iron the most stable element in the periodic table?

energy transition-metals stability nuclear-chemistry
Jun 29 '18 at 16:33 Gaurang Tandon 8,246
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What is the alternative to chromyl chloride test?

inorganic-chemistry experimental-chemistry analytical-chemistry
Jan 29 '18 at 6:51 Shoubhik R Maiti 3,469
 
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N-fluorosuccinimide: any scope?

organic-chemistry reaction-mechanism synthesis halides
May 23 '17 at 12:08 Alexander Hampton 41
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Were gold(II) complexes synthesized for the first time in 2017?

synthesis stability history-of-chemistry decomposition
Oct 22 at 12:16 Hal 274
 
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Is palladium really that poisonous?

safety toxicity chemistry-in-fiction
Sep 5 at 15:05 G M 8,694
 
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What is the structural formula of alkali hypohalite: MOX or MXO?

ionic-compounds halides lewis-structure structural-formula
Jun 24 at 18:03 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
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Should bromine water be called a solution?

inorganic-chemistry acid-base aqueous-solution solutions
Jun 7 at 3:21 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
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What happens when potassium iodide is added to a copper (II) salt?

inorganic-chemistry stoichiometry ionic-compounds halides
Jun 15 '16 at 14:02 Community♦ 1
 
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What is the chemical test for identification of benzophenone?

organic-chemistry experimental-chemistry
Apr 30 '16 at 13:57 Community♦ 1
 
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Why lithium gives flame coloration?

experimental-chemistry color ionization-energy
Mar 12 at 13:32 hBy2Py 16.4k
 
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What is “super” in superphosphate?

inorganic-chemistry nomenclature molecular-structure reference-request
Jun 3 at 5:02 Mathew Mahindaratne 28.1k
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Is KHF2 an ionic compound or a covalent compound?

inorganic-chemistry bond ionic-compounds covalent-compounds
Sep 14 '16 at 5:42 Community♦ 1
 
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Why does tantalum and tungsten not form amalgam?

inorganic-chemistry metal transition-metals solid-state-chemistry alloy
Apr 9 '20 at 6:21 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
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Why is fluorine more reactive than iodine despite the weaker I-I bond?

bond halides periodic-trends
Apr 21 '18 at 15:48 orthocresol♦ 57.5k
 
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Is ruthenium really invulnerable to aqua regia?

inorganic-chemistry metal reactivity
Feb 6 '18 at 8:06 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
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Can we use PI3 in HVZ reaction?

organic-chemistry reaction-mechanism synthesis halides
Jan 13 at 5:57 Nilay Ghosh 18.3k
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Why does color of halogen deepens and the boiling point decreases down the group?

inorganic-chemistry halides phase periodic-trends
Jul 16 '18 at 1:56 Gaurang Tandon 8,246
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Why color of alkali metal peroxides, superoxides and ozonides deepens down the group?

periodic-trends color solid-state-chemistry
Apr 9 '17 at 14:30 Community♦ 1
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