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My book says that we can distinguish between 2 hydroxy butanoic acid (A) and 3 hydroxy butanoic acid (B) by haloform tests. It says that B gives positive haloform test. I am fine with it. I don't get why A doesnot give positi ...

which of the following two are chiral molecules. mark all the asymmetric carbons in both. 1. *Image* 2. *Image* ...

why we use Ni as catalyst in sabatier senderens reaction???can we use anyother than these y?? ...

Chlorination of methane involves two kinds of steps: one initiation step and two propagation steps. but while calculating the enthalpy of the whole chlorination of methane , only the enthalpies of two propagation steps are ad ...

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1)Is there any case where a carbocation re-arranges through 1,2 -CH3 migration even when there is an alpha hydrogen present (to carbocation)? 2)How do we name cyclohexene as E/Z configuration? It is symmetric on both sides of ...

What are the 3 products obtained in the following reaction? I got 2 but can't get the third one :(. Answer is given - *Image* *Image* Can someone explain the mechanism for this product? ...

Heptalene has two fused 7-membered rings and is not flat. Its twisted structure makes it chiral, but heptalene itself cannot be resolved because the two forms rapidly interconvert PROB: Please elaborate the highlighted portio ...

i have a doubt regarding why does 2-methyl propanol not give the iodoform test inspite of it being a methyl alcohol and how to recognise which methyl alcohol/ oxygen containing compound will not give iodoform test???? ...

Well, I know that teflon is used for making non stick surfaces by exploiting it properties of CF2 Bond. But How? ...

Please can some one explain tautomerism in simple manner........and post some questions based on it. tHANKS ...

What are the products obtained when meta bromo touluidene is treated with KNH2 in liquid NH3? ans- I have a confusion. Acc. to me it should depend on the structure given- *Image* and *Image* Which one is possible and why? ...

What is the condition for an aryl halide to undergo N.S. by benzyne mechanism? I read that those aryl halides which are either deactivated or unactivated undergo this mechanism.Deactivated are those where an EWG is present at ...

which has greater b.p acetone or butanone.... plz give me the reason.... ...

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This is the story about how Augustus Kekule had come to the structure of benzene. This is the only part of organic chemistry that I like........no...not the reactions and properties of benzene.........I only like the way Keku ...

Q1)For detection of hydrogen and carbon in compounds why do we take Cuo three times the weight of the organic compound? Q2)What decides how many parts of compound are to be reacted with how many parts of reagent. Q3)the given ...

In the given isomers of pentane why only fig 1, fig 3, and fig 4 will be considered i.e., pentane, 2-methylbutane and 2,2-dimethylpropane why not fig 2 and fig 5 please tell me. I am much confused....?????????????????????? *I ...

1)What is the difference between phenanthrene and anthracene?Their structures are quite similar 2)why are double bonds are stronger and shorter than single bonds? 3)Is the bond angle in methyl anion 109.5.?If so why is it dif ...

frndz say the reason why the taoutomer for the following is the 2nd one?? *Image* but generally it shld be taken from alpha carbon but this differrent but y?? ...

give an example of compounds which r superimposable but not mirror images of each other. ...

1)Which one is a stronger acid- o- Toluic acid or p- Toluic acid? 2)Why is ortho nitro aniline less basic than para nitro aniline? ans1) I think its p- Toluic acid because o- Toluic acid has more +I effect than p- Toluic acid ...

1.in geometrical isomers,why boiling point is directly proportional to dipole moment? and why melting point directly proportional to intermolecular area of contact? 2. *Image* i understand that the above compounds are dissyme ...

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1) Can SN1 reaction take place with E2 ? If yes, then when and why ? 2)What would be the effect of increasing solvent polarity on the rate of the given substitution reaction:- R------L+ → R+ + :L 3)Why phenyl halide is unre ...

Some things I found in Solomons which explain the mechanism of benzyne substitution.. *Image* *Image* So I was right initially about stability of carbanions. ...

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guys i am taking this bitasat online test series by resonance and can someone please tell me what all chapters come under GOC 1 and GOC 2 thanks a lot! ...