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This compound is highly unstable, and it's IUPAC name would be 5-hydroxypentyl chloride. The "hydroxy" part is from the OH alcohol group, "pent" from the number of ...

A molecule will exhibit optical isomerism if it contains a chiral centre/ an asymmetric carbon atom - in other words, if it contains a carbon atom wit...

Covalent compounds contain atoms that share electrons - for example, hydrogen chloride (HCl) share electrons (one from each atom), in order to achieve a full set of 8 electrons in their outer ...

Two species that transform into each other by loss or gain of a proton. 

The equation for the reaction is; 2H₂ +O₂ = 2H₂O

From the equation it can be seen that 2 moles of hydrogen reacts with 1 mole of oxygen to produce 2 moles...