I understand how to find the valency of atoms in small organic compounds. For instance, for CH4, the valency of carbon is 4, while the valency of each hydrogen is 1. But for a coordination complex, for instance: How do I find the valency of the center metal? And if the center metal was bound to ...

I understand that carbon atoms normally only have up to 4 substituents and the R and S chirality centers are defined for 4 substituents. Is there a similar convention of 'chirality' for an atom with 5 substituents? The SMILES website (section 3.3.4 General Chiral Specification) shows that general...

If an elementary reaction was conducted in the gaseous phase, say $$\ce{X (g) -> Y(g)},$$ would the formal definition of the rate law be $\mathrm{rate} = kP_\ce{X}$ or $\mathrm{rate} = k[\ce{X}]$?

Problem Arrange the following organic compounds in decreasing order of acidity. Answer Question According to my knowledge the answer should be P, Q, R, S. As we proceed from P to S we are increasing the number of methyl groups, and so the number of electron donating groups increases, decreasi...

I'm attempting to answer a question from my textbook, however the answer that the textbook provides doesn't make sense to me. In my mind, this dilution would instantly decrease the concentration of the reactants and products. But as it decreases the concentration of each species present by the s...