2,220 Answered Questions for the topic organic chemistry
03/16/19
Reason for the stronger acidic property of phenol than alcohol?
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03/15/19
What type of reaction is 2-Ethoxybutan-2-ol + ethanol
WhAt type of reaction is ethanol + 2-Ethoxybutan-2-ol?
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Organic Chemistry Food Chemistry
03/15/19
How small is the smallest known carbon ring containing only double bonds?
How small is the smallest known carbon ring containing only double bonds?
The stress from the double bonds makes small rings impossible to make something like cyclohexahexaene so I want to know...
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Organic Chemistry Catalysis
03/15/19
Why do esters actually smell?
We all know the very famous esterification reaction, where a carboxylic acid and an alcohol react to give an ester and water. But why do they actually smell? What is the reason behind its aromatic...
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03/15/19
How to identify a compound as chiral or achiral?
I read my book and learned everything about enantiomers, racemization, $\\mathrm{S_N1}$ and $\\mathrm{S_N2}$ reactions, but when I'm trying to identify molecules as chiral or achiral, I get...
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Organic Chemistry
03/15/19
What is organic chemistry and why is it important?
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03/15/19
What is the perfect definition for chirality?
Why is chirality defined differently for organic and inorganic compounds?
Why are inorganic compounds deemed to be optically active if they have more than one of the same ligands attached to the...
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03/15/19
In the Favorskii rearrangement, why doesn't the base grab the alpha hydrogen of the carbon bearing the halogen?
In the Favorskii rearrangement, the base (like hydroxide) always abstracts the alpha hydrogen of the carbon not bearing the halogen. But to me the hydrogens on the carbon directly connected to the...
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Why are acetals stable to bases and nucleophiles?
> Why are acetals stable to bases and nucleophiles?
Could it be due to electronic effects? Lone pairs on the two oxygen atoms create an unfavorable environment for the approaching nucleophiles...
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Organic Chemistry
03/15/19
Why is organic chemistry so important in the study of biology?
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Organic Chemistry
03/15/19
What is the difference between organic and inorganic chemistry?
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Organic Chemistry
03/14/19
Why is carbon so important in organic compounds?
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03/14/19
Is it possible to synthesise ethers from carboxylic acids?
Is it possible to synthesise ethers from carboxylic acids, and if so, how? By ether I mean an ether in general, not just specific examples.
Organic Chemistry
03/14/19
How do we determine if a hydrocarbon is planar or not?
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Organic Chemistry
03/14/19
Explanation of Lemon Juice-Invisible Ink?
A cute homegrown spy-trick we all know: lemon juice invisible ink. But there is no scholary article available in the internet about this phenomenon.
Lemon juice—and the juice of most fruits, for...
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Organic Chemistry Carbon Allotropes
03/14/19
Is water a better nucleophile than bromide?
I am a student of biochemistry. My organic chemistry professor was giving a lecture and he talked about halohydrin formation reactions. At one point, he said that "water attacks instead of bromide...
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Organic Chemistry
03/14/19
Which is an example of an organic compound?
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Organic Chemistry Chemistry
03/14/19
is there a software that writes organic chemistry formulas?
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Organic Chemistry
03/13/19
What fat is formed when three molecules of oleic acid react with one glycerol molecule?
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