In a factory, I would assume substances react to get different dies. But for purple that draw or paint at hone, are all the colors inert (in that mixing then causes the color components to mix as a mixture, rather than react to produce a different chemical with a different color, which I think wo...

This might be a beginner's question, but hey I have to start somewhere. If I look up the IUPAC name of ascorbic acid, I find this: (5R)-[(1S)-1,2-Dihydroxyethyl]-3,4-dihydroxyfuran-2(5H)-one I am used to numbering of molecules in a way like the 3,4-dihydroxyfuran part in this molecule name. But...

Exercise1 The index price for the NLG-100 stock market index is calculated by summing the market caps of the 100 companies on this index and taking the mean value. The market cap of each company on the index is calculated by multiplying its number of shares in issue by its share price. In a maxi...

Connectivity describes how the atoms are connected to each other. Consider a daisy chain (image courtesy of Wikipedia). All the daisies are similar enough much like carbon atoms are similar enough between them; we cannot distinguish. Counting ten daisies in that chain, I could also represent i...

Definition The ortho position refers to the two adjacent positions on a benzene ring. The meta position refers to the positions separated by one carbon atom on a benzene ring. The para position refers to the opposite position (separated by two carbon atoms) on a benzene ring. Background The ...