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2:15 AM

I recently gave an exam that had a particular short answer question where I asked the students, "What type of reaction is this?". I was looking for neutralization reaction, as aqueous NaOH was reacting with aqueous HCl. However, one student identified it as a double displacement reaction, which i...

Asked in Academia SE: "What type of reaction is this?". I was looking for neutralization reaction, as aqueous NaOH was reacting with aqueous HCl. However, one student identified it as a double displacement reaction, which is also correct.

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Loong

6:03 PM

Well okay, Sharpless already had got a Nobel Prize for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions. So that explains my confusion.

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6:52 PM

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8:39 PM

Q: Hydrogen peroxide generation by UV-Light

I would like to know if it is possible to generate hydrogen peroxide in the atmospheric air with UV-Light or if some catalyzer is needed for that. If affirmative, is there a specific UV wavelength that is the peak of H2O2 generation? Thank you