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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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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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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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Reactivity comparison between benzaldehyde and acetaldehyde [duplicate]
One of my teacher says that $\ce{Ph-CHO}$ is more reactive than $\ce{CH3-CHO}$ in performing nucleophillic addition reaction because $\ce{—Ph}$ is planar and thus offers less steric hindrance as ...
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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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Reactivity order of electrophilic addition
Find the order of the ease of electrophilic addition of the following:
$\ce{H3C-O-CH=CH2}$
$\ce{ F-CH=CH2}$
$\ce{Cl-CH=CH2}$
$\ce{NO2-CH=CH2}$
According to me, it should be 1 > 4 > ...
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Why is benzenediazonium fluoroborate water insoluble and stable at room temperature?
Benzenediazonium fluoroborate is water insoluble and stable at room temperature.
Why is this salt, water insoluble? Also I am told that benzenediazonium salts are stable only at low temperature(<5°...
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