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Explain what happens to the boiling and solubility of alcohols as their chain length increases

Boiling point: As alkyl chain length increases, boiling point increases as there are surface area contacts and so stronger induced dipole-dipole intermolecular forces – more energy needed to overcome leading...
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What's is the difference between semantic memories and procedural memories

Semantic memories can be consciously recalled and includes general knowledge. On the other hand procedural memories cannot be consciously recalled as they involve memories on how you do something.
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Can you help me with the question: "State and explain the trend in boiling temperature of hydrogen halides down the group"?

So the trend is a high boiling point for HF, then a sharp decease to HCl, and then a steady increase up to HI. HF is a special case because they are held together by hydrogen bonds (as well as permanent dipo...
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Benzene reacts with Chlorine gas in the presence of iron trichloride to yield hexachlorobenzene. However, when it reacts with fluorine gas, it forms a quinoid product (I would actually draw it for them - no need to know the name). Why the difference?

Fluorine is much more reactive than chlorine, even destroying the aromaticity. This is at the expense of the very strong C-F bonds (good orbital size and energy overlap) that are formed. C-Cl bonds are weake...
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How do you prove the chain rule?

Given the problem f(x)=(y+x)^5 we use the chain rule as a tool to find the derivative. However, it is difficult to use effectively in further problems without understanding the mechanics of the function. F(x...
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