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As you descend the group, the reactions become more vigorous, more exothermic and have a higher rate of reaction. Lithium will just gently fizz and produce a gas, sodium will melt into a ball shape and fi...

As the number of negatively charged electrons is equal to the number of  positively charged protons, therefore the overall charge is zero

Methylamine is CH₃NH₂, and phenylamine is C₆H₅NH₂.

In methylamine, the methyl group exerts a positive inductive effect on the nitrogen atom in...

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[Throughout the question, references will be made to a diagram which shows the mechanism of the reaction] In organic addition reactions like the one described in the question, an unstable intermediate car...