Is there any way we can look at the chemical formula of various compounds, do some calculations or something and figure out which compounds will have higher solubility as compared to the others.
Is it known how this cleavage occurs?
The mechanism proposed for the cleavage reaction involves an initial attack by the donor on one boron atom in diborane, leading to cleavage of one $\ce{B-H-B}$ bridge.
This is followed by the attack of a second donor molecule, cleaving the remaining $...
I know that soft bases cleave diborane symmetrically but hard ones don't. However, what makes ammonia harder than trimethylamine? And why does hardness/softness affect this?
Why does 2-methylpropanal undergo a Cannizzaro reaction even though it has an $\alpha$-hydrogen?
Smith and Martell obtained a series of data for the binding of trivalent lanthanide ions, $\ce{Ln^3+}$, with various carboxylic acid ligands (amongst them the well-known EDTA).1 A graph of the formation constants is attached ($K_\mathrm{f} = [\ce{Ln(edta)-}]/[\ce{Ln^3+}][\ce{edta^4-}]$):
Due t...
I have a chemistry homework problem:
When 0.539 g of Na(s) reacts with excess F2(g) to form NaF(s), 13.3 kJ
of heat is evolved at standard-state conditions. What is the standard
enthalpy of formation (ΔH°f) of NaF(s)?
I am not asking for the answer. What I would like to know is what "1...
Which is more more stable, cis-1-ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane or trans-1-ethyl-methylcyclohexane?
I think trans- is more stable than cis- but in my textbook the answer is different.
I found a beautiful scarce-swallowtail butterfly in my storeroom, but it was kind of frozen and couldn't fly away. So, I put it on my terrace in the sun. After a little bit, it flew a few meters away and fell. I was wondering what could these beings eat, so that I can help it...
Any answers would...
