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Explain in detail what do you understand by catalyst, what makes them so useful and give two example of catalytic processes including the name catalyst used.

Catalyst are chemical or biological substances that speeds up the rate of reaction without being used up in the overall process. It provides an alternative route for a reaction occur with a lower activation ...
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What is the difference between benzene and cyclohexene?

Benzene, aromatic and unsaturated compound which alternating double bonds. Benzene only reacts with bromine when a catalyst is present. Cyclohexene will react with bromine readily, a saturated molecule with ...
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What is the difference between Covalent and Ionic bonding?

Consider NaCl and CCl4, the first compound is dominated by ionic bonding, whereas the second covalent. Ionic bonding involves a cation (Na+) and an anion (Cl-), where strong electrostatic interactions hold t...
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Name an appropriate reducing agent to convert ethanal to ethanol

NaBH4
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Why are molecules coloured?

Generally, molecules are coloured as they absorb visible frequencies of light, to promote an electron to a higher energy level, so the other (complementary) frequencies of light pass through the sample and a...
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