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Explain why the 2nd Electron aiffinity of Chlorine is Endothermic whilst the first electron affinity is exothermic

With the first electron affinity, the chlorine atom is one electron from a full octet ( and is a neutral species). When you add an electron to the chlorine, the negatively charged electron is electrostati...

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Suggest why Phenol is more reactive than Benzene in Electrophillic Substitution

With phenol, the oxygen atom is directly attached to the delocolised pi system in phenol, as a result the lone pair on this oxygen is incorporated into this delocolised pi system in phenol, increasing it'...

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How does the structure of benzene differ from the pre-assumed structure of 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene? *Kekule's structure*

(drawing of the two) There are three main ways that we can tell the correct structure of benzene consists of a delocalised ring. They are:

  • the delocalised structure is more stable that the pr...
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Answered by Freya N. Chemistry tutor
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Why does reacting a bromoalkane with ammonia result in a quaternary ammonium salt and not an amine?

To explain this question let us use an example of reacting Bromoethane (CH3CH2Br) with ammonia (NH3). As bromine is more electronegative than carbon (electronegativity being the ability of an element to a...

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You have 3.51g of hydrated zinc sulphate. You heat up the zinc sulphate until all the water has evaporated from it. The weight after heating is 1.97g. Find how many H2O molecules per zinc sulphate molecule there are in the hydrated form of it.

  1. Write down the equation: ZnSO4xH2O --> ZnSO4 + xH2O 2. Calculate the masses: 3.51g --> 1.97g + 1.54g 3. Calculate the number of moles, using the molar mass of water and zinc sulphate: 1.97g = ...
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