Butyllithium isomers are all stored in alkane solvents. Theoretically, equilibrium should (given enough time) lead to formation of mostly n-hexyllithium in the case of n-BuLi stored in (mostly) n-hexane, I believe. I understand that the kinetics of deprotonating an alkyl proton are extraordinari...

When a promising new user is having trouble making his first post and the community wants to help, we should make it easier for them to do so. I've seen chat work really well for this, and discussion in comments is not a pattern we want to set with a newcomer's very first participation on the si...

I'm aware of the preference for 'general answers to general questions' attitude on SO, and wholeheartedly agree that questions that are focused on specific, one-time issues are not as valuable to the site. However, where an issue is potentially useful but getting to the heart of it is taking som...

I really enjoy the chat and sometimes I feel like I'd like to invite a user to my chat room from the main site. I'm sure you know the situation where you get involved in a discussion on the main site and start commenting like crazy. I don't feel like this is a good thing; I mean discussions in c...

I was reading about Bohr's atomic model in our textbook when came up with this question: Since the electron in hydrogen atom is most stable in the first orbit, why should it descend from higher orbits to any orbit except the first orbit(that means balmer series for example)?

From the Beryllium article on Wikipedia: Beryllium dissolves readily in non-oxidizing acids, such as HCl and diluted H2SO4, but not in nitric acid or water as this forms the oxide. I think it would be helpful to have a definition of 'non-oxidizing acid'. Is it an established term in chemist...