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When an unsymmetrical alkene undergoes electrophilic addition you often get a major and minor product. What would the major product be when propene reacts with hydrochloric acid? Why is this?

The major product would be 2-chloropropane whilst the minor product would be 1-chloropropane. This is because the more stable secondary carbonation is formed as an intermediate. This is easy to show with a m...
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I'm having trouble connecting the two texts when asked to discuss in a compare/contrast question. How can I better approach this?

When comparing and contrasting two texts, it's important to remind yourself that there will always be a something to say. It is absolutely fine if you identify way more elements of the texts that are differe...
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Integrate (x^2)(e^x) with respect to x

This is done using the integration by parts method.Answer: (e^x)((x^2) - (2x) - 2) + c
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Differentiate 6x^2+2x+1 by first principles, showing every step in the process.

f(x) = 6x 2 +2x+1, f'(x)= [f(x+h)-f(x)]/h here is the original equation and the formula used to differentiate from first principles. For this proof the limit of h is: h=0 and should be stated throughout, but...
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How do I differentiate and integrate powers of x?

For differentiation, we can follow a simple method for differentiating y with respect to x. It may be the case that you have special numbers such as e x you need to differentiate and integrate but these form...
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