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a year agoContributor-Level 10
An aqueous solution, KOH almost completely ionizes to give OH-ions. OH- ion is a strong nucleophile (see the imp. note below), which leads the alkyl chloride to undergo a nucleophilic substitution reaction to form alcohol.
On the other hand, an alcoholic solution of KOH contains alkoxide (RO-) ion, it is a strong base. Thus, it can abstract a hydrogen ion from the beta-carbon of the alkyl chloride and form an alkene by eliminating a molecule of HCl.OH- ion is a much weaker base than RO- ion. Also, OH- ion is highly solvated (because more energy is released on solvation)in an aqueous solution and as a result, the basic character of OH-io
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
7.38
The electronegativity of N (3.0) is higher than that of P (2.1). Due to this N-H bond is more polar than a
P-H bond. Also, P and H have the same electronegativity of 2.1 i.e., the P-H bond is non-polar. Therefore, PH3 does not form hydrogen form.
The structure of NH3 and PH3 with their electronegativity is represented below.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
(i) Propene to propan-1-ol
It is an antimarkovnikoff reaction in which under the presence of a peroxide an alkene undergoes substitution, wherein the halo group is attached to that carbon which has least no. Of alkyl groups attached to it.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
7.37
Chemical reactivity of group 15 elements towards hydrogen, oxygen, halogens, and metals are discussed below.
Reactivity towards hydrogen: Group 15 elements react with H to form hydrides of type EH3 where E=N, P, As, Sb or On moving down from NH3 to BiH3, the stability of the hydrides decreases. For example, the P-H bond in PH3 is less stable than the N-H bond in NH3. The strength of the E-H bond gets weaker as the size of the central atom increases.
Stability order of E-H bond (where E is group 15 elements) can be represented as
N-H > P-H > As-H >Sb-H > Bi-H
Reactivity towards oxygen: Group 15 elements react with O to form oxides
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
p-Dichlorobenzene is more symmetrical than o-and m-isomers. Because it fits more closely and easily in the crystal lattice than o-and m-isomers. Therefore, more energy is required to break the crystal lattice of p-dichlorobenzene. Therefore, p-dichlorobenzene is symmetrical and has a higher melting point and lower solubility than o-and m-isomers due to strong force of attraction in crystal.
Therefore more energy required to break lattice and will not easily be soluble.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
Hydrolysis by KOH results in the formation of the carbocation. Those compounds which leads to the formation of stable carbocation are easily hydrolysed.C6H5CH2Cl leads to formation of 1°- carbocation, while C6H5CHClC6H5 forms 2°-carbocation, which is more stable than 1°-carbocation. Hence C6H5CHClC6H5, is hydrolyzed more easily than C6H5CH2Cl by aqueous KOH.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
The reaction involves the approaching of the nucleophile to the carbon atom to which the leaving group is attached. When the nucleophile is sterically hindered (does not have any free space or very crowded), then the reactivity towards SN2 displacement decreases. Due to the presence of substituents, hindrance to the approaching nucleophile increases in the following order.
- Bromopentane < 2-bromopentane < 2-Bromo-2-methylbutane. The structures are shown below:
Hence, the increasing order of reactivity towards SN2 displacement is:
- Bromo-2-methylbutane < 2-Bromopentane < 1-Bromopentane
- The stearic hinderance in alkyl halides increases in the order of 1° < 2 < 3, the increasing order of reactivity towards SN2 displacement is given as-
3° < 2 < 1.
The structures are given below:
Hence, the given set of compounds can be arranged in the in
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
7.2
Nitrogen atom can bond with another nitrogen atom by strong p–p overlap resulting in NN. The triple bond in N2 has high bond strength resulting in high bond dissociation energy. Phosphorous do not show this property of p–p overlap. Hence, nitrogen is less reactive than phosphorous.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
The given reaction is a nucleophillic reaction:
The given reaction is an SN2 reaction. In this reaction, CN acts as the stronger nucleophile and attacks the carbon atom to which Br is attached in nBuBr.
And, CN- ion is an ambident nucleophile and can attack through both C and N. In this case, it attacks through the C-atom.
The mechanism is shown below:
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
7.1
The general characteristics of Group 15 elements are:
Electronic configuration: All Group 15 elements have 5 electrons in their valence The general electronic configuration of these elements is ns2 np3
Oxidation state: Group 15 elements have 5 valence electrons and they require 3 more electrons to complete their However, the gaining of 3 electrons is difficult
Atomic size: Atomic size increases as we move down the group due to increase in the number of
Ionisation enthalpy: Ionisation enthalpy decreases as we move down the group because of increase in atomic
Electronegativity: Electronegativity decreases on moving down the group due to in
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