Organic Chemistry

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1. Why are C-H bonds reactive in redox/ combustion

   By Elite Engineer, March 21, 2014
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   • John Cuthber
   • March 24, 2014

2. Why are humans made of carbon? What else might they be made of?

   By tempo, November 6, 2005
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   • ewmon
   • February 9, 2013

3. Why are pages of books become yellow/brown?

   By Christina•~•, October 1, 2019
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   • Endy0816
   • October 1, 2019

4. why cannot ether form hydrogon bonding?

   By jian, February 9, 2010
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   • amit
   • February 13, 2010

5. Why carbon?

   By JustinM.Dragna, June 5, 2004
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   • apathy
   • June 15, 2004

6. Why did my electrodes react this way when passing current through ascorbic acid?

   By Justonium, May 18, 2009
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   • alex folen
   • September 26, 2009

7. Why do liquids freeze instead of slowly forming into a cluster?

   By kirbsrob, March 15, 2014
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   • Enthalpy
   • March 17, 2014

8. Why do SN2 reactions not show secondary KIE?

   By shaneo, January 3, 2015
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   • BabcockHall
   • January 13, 2015

9. Why does coal have a more energy than wood?

   By Elite Engineer, May 19, 2016
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   • BabcockHall
   • September 19, 2016

10. why does ester react with NaOH and not Na

    By maskman`, February 17, 2013
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    • hypervalent_iodine
    • February 19, 2013

11. Why Does Putrescine Hydrochloride Salts Emit An Odor?

    By XAIMALACHILtd, October 5, 2019
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    • chenbeier
    • October 9, 2019

12. Why does this reaction not go to completion?

    By PoochGroup, December 11, 2015
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    • hypervalent_iodine
    • December 11, 2015

13. Why does water 'boil' at room temperature?

    By Asac, September 13, 2006
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    • chem1a
    • December 7, 2006

14. Why doesn't the benzene get protonated in this problem?

    By MechRocket, February 28, 2010
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    • Horza2002
    • February 28, 2010

15. Why don't amino acids end with the suffix aminoic ?

    By VultureV1, September 30, 2013
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    • hypervalent_iodine
    • October 9, 2013

16. why don't salts react with carbonyl groups?

    By Elite Engineer, August 8, 2014
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    • hypervalent_iodine
    • August 10, 2014

17. Why H2O readily picks up H+ in acid and Carbon does not?

    By BurningKrome, September 29, 2010
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    • mississippichem
    • January 9, 2011

18. Why is ribose a stronger reducing sugar than glucose?

    By ashih, July 16, 2014
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    • Carvone
    • July 19, 2014

19. why is that sucrose is a non reducing suger

    By megarushan, January 15, 2015
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    • andrewcellini
    • January 15, 2015

20. Why is the Tetrafluoroethylene thermosetting resin?

    By danwoo21, November 28, 2009
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    • John Cuthber
    • November 29, 2009

21. Why It's Dangerous To Inhale Mercury

    By Carl Fredrik Ahl, October 21, 2019
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    • hypervalent_iodine
    • October 21, 2019

22. why not haloform reaction results in an α keto acid?

    By adianadiadi, May 1, 2011
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    • Horza2002
    • May 2, 2011

23. Will this simple reaction work?

    By joelhunter1234, November 22, 2008
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    • John Cuthber
    • November 23, 2008

24. Wittig reaction question

    By aajjeee, April 1, 2017
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    • aajjeee
    • April 2, 2017

25. Wool Dying.

    By YT2095, July 26, 2006
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    • YT2095
    • August 13, 2006