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What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary amines? Give an example of each type and explain how their properties and reactivity differ. Compare and contrast the properties and reactivity of a primary amine and its corresponding amide.

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What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, and how do their structures affect their physical and chemical properties?

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What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols, and how does the arrangement of alkyl groups affect the physical and chemical properties of alcohols and phenols? Provide specific examples and explanations to support your answer.

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What is the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, and how does that affect their physical and chemical properties? Additionally, compare and contrast the acid/base properties of alcohols and phenols.

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What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols, and how can it be determined from their chemical structure and reactions? Provide examples for each type of alcohol and explain their properties and reactivity.

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What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols and how does their chemical reactivity differ? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.

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Using the concept of acidity and basicity, compare and contrast the properties of a primary alcohol and a phenol in terms of their reactivity towards nucleophilic substitution and oxidation reactions.

asked Feb 14 in Organic Chemistry by EllisDonahue (2.6k points)

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What is the best protecting group strategy to selectively protect an alcohol in the presence of an amino group in an organic molecule? Provide a specific example and mechanism of the protecting group reaction.

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What are the polymerization reaction mechanisms involved in the synthesis of Nylon 6,6 and how do they affect the properties of the resulting polymer?

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What is the mechanism of nucleophilic substitution reaction in halogenoalkanes? Explain the role of the nucleophile and the leaving group in the reaction. Provide an example of a nucleophilic substitution reaction and predict the product formed.

asked Feb 14 in Organic Chemistry by WallaceUpsha (2.4k points)

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What is the difference between normal, branched and cyclic alkanes in terms of their boiling points? Provide examples of each type and explain how their boiling points vary.

asked Feb 14 in Organic Chemistry by JoesphWoffor (2.3k points)

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What is the mechanism by which Nitration of Benzene occurs in organic chemistry, and what is the effect of varying the concentration of Nitric acid on the rate of reaction?

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by YasminWorrel (2.2k points)

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What is the basicity of methylamine (CH3NH2) in comparison to ammonia (NH3)? Use relevant theories and data to explain your answer.

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What are the differences in physical and chemical properties between methanol and ethanol, and how do those differences impact their uses as solvents, fuels and pharmaceuticals?

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by SelenaRonan (2.2k points)

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What is the difference in physical and chemical properties between methanol and ethanol, and how does the addition of a phenol group to a carbon atom in ethanol affect its properties?

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by TroyPurton77 (1.9k points)

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What is the complete mechanism of keto-enol tautomerism for the compound cyclohexanone, including the intermediate species and the transition state involved?

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by RichieRedric (1.9k points)

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Identify and explain the different types of isomerism in organic compounds, providing examples for each type.

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by CecileHollin (2.3k points)

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What are the different types of isomerism that exist in organic compounds? Provide an example of each type and explain their structural differences.

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What functional groups can be identified using infrared (IR) spectroscopy? Provide an example of an IR spectrum and explain how it can be used to identify the functional group present in a compound.

asked Feb 13 in Organic Chemistry by NanVanwagene (1.8k points)

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Identify the functional group present in an unknown organic compound using infrared spectroscopy.

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