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Why is cyclohexene able to react with bromine water, but Benzene isn't

Cyclohexene's structure is 6 carbons bonded in a ring, with a single double bond existing between carbons 1 and 6Benzene is also a 6 carbon ring, however it has a delocalised electron ring around the structu...
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What is the order of decreasing acidity for the molecules phenol, ethanoic acid and ethanol? Why?

Ethanoic acid is the most acidic of the three. This is because once ethanoic acid has lost a proton the negative charge can be spread over two oxygen atoms via two resonance forms. Oxygen atoms are electrone...
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1a) Describe the difference between strong and weak acids. 1b) HCl is a strong acid. Draw the spin diagram for a chlorine atom.

1a) Strong acids fully dissociate in water, whereas weak acids only partially dissociate in water - thus forming an equilibrium mixture. 1b) See diagram.
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Explain why compounds of Fe^2+ are coloured in solution. (4 marks)

Fe 2+ has an electron configuration of 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 2 3p 6 3d 6 . When the ligands of the solution bind to the metal ion the d-orbitals are split which creates an energy gap that allows for electron tra...
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Explain the relative resistance to bromination of benzene compared to phenol and compared to cyclohexene.

Within benzene the electrons within the pi-system are delocalised. This means the electrons are spread across the whole ring and has a lower electron density making it less susceptible to electrophilic attac...
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