Questions tagged [reactivity]
Applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a kinetic property in reference to another species. The tag should be applied to questions seeking answers with respect to the reactivity (or unreactivity) of a certain chemical compound, species, molecular entity and/or functional groups. It must not be applied to questions about the stability of certain chemical species.
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Differences between alkyl halides and alkyl tosylates
What are the functional differences between alkyl halides alkyl tosylates? Both halides and tosylates are good leaving groups, yes. But is there chemistry that one will do and the other won't? Etc.? I'...
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How can I relate the reactivity series to electronegativity and ionization energy?
I am trying to figure out how the reactivity series comes about. My understanding is that elements with a higher electronegativity will be more reactive than elements with a lower electronegativity, ...
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Reactivity series of metal
I have learned about metal and their reactivity series. However, why metals have different reactivity? What are the factors of different reactivity rate for metal? All I can think of is the number of ...
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Can the 1st generation Grubbs Catalyst be used for ring closing metathesis on non-terminal alkenes?
I'm wondering if the 1st generation Grubbs catalyst can be used to do ring closing metathesis on a non-terminal alkene.
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SN2: Neopentyl halides and methyl halides
Two part question for you. Let's preface this with I'm in organic chemistry 1, so we're just learning the basics of these reactions.
Are neopentyl halides completely inert to any reaction through any ...
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Is there a way to contain fluorine gas for long term so that it can be visually observed?
Bromine, chlorine and iodine can all be sealed in a glass container for display without the elements reacting with the glass.
But if you try to seal fluorine in glass I believe it will react and fog ...
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Electrophilic Addition Reaction
When HBr reacts with ethene it proceeds by the attack of proton on Ethene to give Ethyl carbocation and then attack of nucleophilic bromide ion to give Bromoethane.
My question is why does the proton ...
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Gilmans and carbon dioxide
I know that Grignards react with carbon dioxide to give carboxylate anions.
But will Gilmans do the same? Will Gilmans react with carbon dioxide in a productive fashion?
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Grignards do transmetallation?
Grignards don't add to alkyl halides to create linear carbon extensions because Grignards do transmetallation rather than SN2 displacement of halide.
Is this correct?
I thought transmetallation a) ...
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Grignards and diatomic halogens
Can Grignards react with diatomic halogens as to perform an substitution reaction?
I'd imagine that the first part of making the reaction work - polarizing the halogen as to prepare to pull it apart -...
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Why does silicon not react with dioxygen?
Why does silicon not react with dioxygen?
I'm doing an organic lab experiment. I'm heating up silicon, carbon, and sulfur individually then placing them in pure $\ce{O2}$. I don't really know about ...
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Electrophilic addition of HX to 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene
Generally, for the addition of dry HX to an alkene, it follows Markovnikov's rule. The hydrogen atom adds to the carbon with the most hydrogen atoms.
However, in the case of an alkene which does not ...
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Is graphene chemically reactive?
Different internet sources say different things.
If possible, can someone explain why it is (or isn't) chemically reactive?
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Formation of halohydrin vs alkyl dihalide
For the electrophilic addition of $\ce{X2}$ to alkene in $\ce{CCl4}$ solvent, a dihaloalkane is formed. This is a halogen addition reaction, with the intermediate being a halonium ion.
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How does steric hindrance cause sulfur hexafluoride to have almost no reaction chemistry?
Sulfur hexafluoride ($\ce{SF6}$) is, according to the Wikipedia page, a hypervalent substance. However, according to the page in regards to $\ce{SF6}$ reactions:
There is virtually no reaction ...
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