Carbylamine reaction is in the chapter amines in class 12. It is helpful for the detection of primary amines which give foul smell. Let’s read how and why it give foul smell! What is Carbylamine reaction? Carbylamine reaction is the reaction in which aliphatic or aromatic primary amines on heating with chloroform and ethanolic potassium […]
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Which species has the maximum number of lone pairs of electrons on the central atom? (a) ClO3– (b) XeF4 (c) SF4 (d) I3– First of all, let’s discuss the term lone pair, hybridisation and bond pair What is lone pair? A pair of electrons occupying an orbital in an atom or molecule and not directly
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To find the pH of the resulting solution when pH of 20 ml of 0.2 M HNO3 mixed with 40 ml of 0.1 M Ba(OH)2, find the number of moles of H+ and OH– for each given compound. We know, Moles = Molarity x Volume Since, Ba(OH)2 on dissociation give 2 OH– ion while HNO3 give
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Ortho effect refers mainly to the set of steric effects and some bonding interactions along with polar effects caused by the various substituents which are in a given molecule altering its chemical properties and physical properties. This effect is associated with benzene compounds. What is ortho effect? Ortho effect is a special type of effect
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What is the product formed when ethoxybenzene reacts with HBr? Ethoxybenzene is Ph-O-C2H5. When it reacts with HBr, the products formed are phenol and ethyl bromide. The reaction and mechanism of the reaction of ethoxybenzene with HBr is as: What is Substitution reaction? The substitution reaction is defined as a reaction in which the functional
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The equal volume of two HCl solutions of pH=3 and pH=5 were mixed. What is the pH of the resulting solution? To calculate the pH of the resulting solution from the two solutions whose pH values are known. Firstly, calculate hydrogen ion concentration of both the solutions with the help of pH formula. We know
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Alkene are more reactive than alkane. First of all, we will discuss about alkane and alkene. What is alkene? An alkene is the unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains one or more carbon-carbon double bond, i.e., C=C. The general formula of alkene is CnH2n. What is alkane? An alkane is the saturated hydrocarbon that contains only single
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What is the conversion of methyl iodide to acetic acid? For the conversion of methyl iodide to acetic acid, follow step by step procedure from the basic organic reactions. What is to be done? Methyl iodide has the formula CH3I while acetic acid has the formula CH3COOH. In this reaction, -I is replaced by -COOH.
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First of all, we should know about the reaction which occurs here. Later on we will discuss the peroxide effect in each case of HX. The reaction occurs is an addition reaction of an alkene. The hydrogen halide (HX, where X is F, Cl, Br, I) molecule adds to the double bonded carbon atoms to
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In this post, we are going to learn about the markovnikov’s addition rule. What is the mechanism for addition of HOCl to alkene? Addition of HOCl to an alkene is done by Markovnikov’s addition rule. What is Markovnikov’s addition rule? When a protic acid (HX) is added to an asymmetric alkene, the acidic hydrogen attaches
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