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37 Questions

Why are allenes chiral?

Do ligands with a positive charge exist?

Is there any special rules for checking the aromaticity of polycyclic compounds?

Why does NaBH4 reduce double bonds conjugated to carbonyl groups, while LiAlH4 does not?

Can fluorine act as the central atom in interhalogen compounds?

Will bridged compounds the undergo SN1 reaction?

Why are the boiling points of aldehydes less than those of ketones?

Why are halogens ortho para directing even though deactivating?

Is there a mnemonic to study the spectrochemical series?

How can molecularity be the order of the rate determining step?

Which is most stable conformation of optically inactive butane-2,3-diol?

What happens in the attempted diazotisation of 1,2-diaminobenzene?

Optical isomerism in Co-ordination Compounds

Why do only chiral molecules rotate the plane of polarized light and how do they rotate it?

Increase in bond length of BF₄⁻ compared to BF₃

Energy required to remove an electron from He

Can carboxylic acids be oxidised further?

How to calculate crystal field stabilisation energy?

Do lone pairs contribute towards the pi electron count of heterocycles?

Bromination of cyclohexene

What is the number of lone pairs of central atom when it has an odd number of electrons?

How to check for geometrical isomerism in cyclic compounds?

Best reagent for reducing a ketone in the presence of an alkene

How to distinguish between benzyl chloride and chloro benzene?

How to study (by heart) all the equations in inorganic chemistry? [closed]

How can different no. of unpaired electrons lead to different colours of co-ordination compounds?

Finding chiral carbons in aromatic or cyclic compounds

Entropy and enthalpy change on mixing liquids

Are aromatic amines or amides less basic?

Identifying the gas given ratio of its specific heats