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Why, in the bromination of phenols, do you not need an acid catalyst like you do in the bromination of benzene?

Benzene's delocalised π electrons means that it is not very nucleophilic and so cannot polarise a neutral molecule and produce the required electrophile. As a result it require a catalyst to form the electro...
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Find the stationary points of the function z = 3x(x+y)3 - x3 + 24x

z = 3x(x+y) 3 - x 3 + 24xDifferentiating partially with respect to x and with respect to y:∂z/∂x = 3(x+y) 3 + 9x(x+y) 2 - 3x 2 + 24∂z/∂y = 9x(x+y) 2 At stationary points: ∂z/∂x = 0 and ∂z/∂y = 0.From ∂z/∂y =...
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“Both Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gastby’ and Joshua Ferris’ ‘Then We Came to the End’ act as criticisms of capitalism.’” Do you agree with the statement?

Furthermore, through their presentation of the divine ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘ Then We Came to the End’ act as criticisms or capitalism. There is a clear correlation between the Western world embracing capit...
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Integrate cos^2A

Integrating sin^2A and cos^2A is a bit nasty so we can use double angle formula to make it a little simpler. cos2A = cos^2A - sin^2A = 2cos^2A - 1. We can rearrange to get cos^2A in nicer terms. cos^2A = 1/2...
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The rectangular hyperbola H has parametric equations: x = 4t, y = 4/t where t is not = 0. The points P and Q on this hyperbola have parameters t = 1/4 and t = 2 respectively. The line l passes through the origin O and is perpendicular to the line PQ.

This question asks us to find the cartesian equation of l. First we must find the points P and Q. To do this we substitute t with 1/4 to find P and substitute t with 2 to find Q.Doing this we get the coordin...
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