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Regarding stability and reactivity of m-xylene
I came across the following two details about m-xylene:
m-Xylene is thermodynamically most stable compound among o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene.
m-Xylene is most reactive towards nitration and ...
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How is propene more reactive as well as more stable than ethene?
I know that hyperconjugation stabilises a double bond. But in propene an electron-donating group $(\ce{-CH3})$ is increasing the electron density at the double bond, so its nucleophilicity should be ...
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Reactivity vs Stability: Chlorine Trifluoride
Chlorine trifluoride shows up on many pop science content, which is how I learned about it just today, as an incredibly reactive compound capable of oxidizing seemingly incombustible substances (glass,...
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Which is more reactive in E1, benzyl or allyl
I'm don't know the english terminology for chemistry so sorry for probably butchering some terms.
My question is, which of these is more reactive in an E1 reaction:
The bottom two are the ...
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Do amides oxidize to double-bonds?
Do amides from primary or secondary amines ever oxidize to a double-bond on the nitrogen? For example, like from an $\mathrm{R \bbox[yellow]{\color{red}{-}}(NH)-(C=O)-R'}$ to an $\mathrm{ R \bbox[...
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