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Cl and O are similar in electronegativity and cancels each other out to an extent.



Free radical substitution.

By keeping track of the Br, you can see that the Br is reduced (oxidation state decreased form 0 to -1)

Br2 --> HBr
yeah but where is oxidation
 
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question number 4

Ans : B

am unable to calculate it

if you could please show the working :)

Thanks for your help .
 

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Someone please help. M/J 2014 paper 11 number 1
I have trouble in such questions unfortunately..

Atoms of the element X have six unpaired electrons.
What could be element X?
A carbon
B chromium
C iron
D selenium

Correct answer is B chromium

Thank you in advance !
 
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Someone please help. M/J 2014 paper 11 number 1
I have trouble in such questions unfortunately..

Atoms of the element X have six unpaired electrons.
What could be element X?
A carbon
B chromium
C iron
D selenium

Correct answer is B chromium

Thank you in advance !


Electronic configuration of chromium is:

[Ar] 3d5 4s1

image146.gif



As you can see it has 6 unpaired electrons.
 
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question number 4

Ans : B

am unable to calculate it

if you could please show the working :)

Thanks for your help .

Reactant bond energies - Product bond energies.

Reactant bond energies = (C≡O) + 2(H-H) = 1077 + 2*436 = 1949
Product bond energies = 3(C-H) + (C-O) + (O-H) = 3*410 + 360 + 460 = 2050

Reactant bond energies - Product bond energies = 1949 - 2050 = -101
 
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Reactant bond energies - Product bond energies.

Reactant bond energies = (C≡O) + 2(H-H) = 1077 + 2*436 = 1949
Product bond energies = 3(C-H) + (C-O) + (O-H) = 3*410 + 360 + 460 = 2050

Reactant bond energies - Product bond energies = 1949 - 2050 = -101

From the given equation how does (C-O) bond(CH3OH) get included ? in the product bond energies

And how come its not 4(H-H) bond in reactant energies as it the equation gave 2H2 :(
 
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From the given equation how does (C-O) bond(CH3OH) get included ? in the product bond energies

And how come its not 4(H-H) bond in reactant energies as it the equation gave 2H2 :(
H2 is made of two hydrogen atoms bonded together. Like this:
H-H. As you can see there is only one bond. There is two bonds therefore in two H2 molecules:
H-H
H-H

Note that the dash between them represents the bond.

Look at methanol:
i-ceb9ab2419449684626ebb3e9a8053a2-Methanol_structure_simple.png


Now you can see it has a C-O bond.
 
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Is NO2+ (2 is a subscript and + is the charge) acting as a bronsted lowry base in the reaction NO2+ + H2O -> H2NO3+ (3 is a subscript and + is the charge)?????
 
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