Write the reduction half-reaction for the reduction of elemental oxygen in the presence of water, producing hydroxide ions This does not make sense to me - a half reaction (from what I understand) is when you have an "element + some number of electrons -> element charged" or "charged element...

a. $\ce{PH3}$ b. $\ce{HBr}$ c. $\ce{SO2}$ d. $\ce{N2}$ I believe that it is $\ce{N2}$, but I'm not too sure, since technically all of them would act the same at STP.

In the recent Nature Chemistry paper I-motif DNA structures are formed in the nuclei of human cells (open access link in LATimes) figure 1a shows "Schematic of i-motif and G4 structures." I'm not a biologist, nor a chemist, so please forgive if the answer to my questions seems obvious. I've ...

For the reaction, $$\ce{M -> M+ + e-}$$ the heat liberated is highest for lithium owing to its high negative $E^\circ$ value so one would think that the reaction must be most vigorous. The reason behind the more violent reactivity of potassium rather than lithium lies in kinetics and not i...

Yes, Borazine is aromatic. According to Hückel’s rules, a compound is aromatic if it satisfies three conditions: Planarity Complete delocalisation of π-electrons Presence of $(4n+2)$ electrons where $n$ can be $1, 2, 3, \dots$. Borazine is aromatic as there are 3 nitrogen atoms in the struct...

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