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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Way of determining based on atomic characteristics what to expect during reaction [closed]
So I believe the question was clear, but here goes.
I would like to know the rules for determining the following properties of a molecule, and/or of a reaction it produces with another molecule or ...
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How displacement reaction actually taking place? [closed]
"When a zinc plate placed in copper sulphate solutionfor some time,after sometime we can see holes in plate , why?"
So this was a question in my book , I don't want answer of this one.
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What are some other examples of non-nucleophilic acids, other than boronic acids?
Boronic acids can react as a Lewis acid, after reaction they are not good nucleophiles as the conjugate base. What are some other examples of such non-nucleophilic acids (or acids that have a non-...
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Reactivity of Benzaldehyde vs Acetaldehyde and Benzoic acid vs Acetic acid
I was trying to compare the reactivity between acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde. After some googling, I found out that benzaldehyde is less reactive than acetaldehyde because the benzene ring can ...
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Can stainless steel be electrically insulated with (oven-dried) Sodium Silicate Solution?
Can I electrically insulate stainless steel by painting Sodium Silicate solution on it and heating it to 200C for 30min or so?
The solution should be conductive, and I've been told (to be verified) ...
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Effect of R/S configuration on reactions not involving the stereocentre
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Both reactants (2-methylbutanoic acid and 2-methylbutanamine) are optically active. The question used pure R-enantiomer of the acid, and a ...
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Why does radium form a nitride rather than oxide when exposed to air?
The Wikipedia article states:
Pure radium is silvery-white, but it readily reacts with nitrogen (rather than oxygen) on exposure to air, forming a black surface layer of radium nitride ($\ce{Ra3N2}$)....
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Bond Polarity vs bond length's effect on reactivity of haloalkanes
My textbook says:
Carbon acquires partial positive charge whereas halogen acquires partial negative charge. Halogen becomes nucleophilic in character, which can be replaced by another nucleophile on ...
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Relation between Ionization energy and reactivity
So I was learning about the periodic table where I came across the topic of ionization energy. As a general trend the Ionization energy decreases as we move down a group with a few exceptions such as ...
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The dependency on electron density in the reactivity order of electrophilic and nucleophilic additions
It is well-known that for electrophilic addition across an alkene, the reactivity increases when intermediate carbocation is more stable (eg. addition of $\ce{HBr}$ or acid-catalyzed addition of $\ce{...
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Why is it technically inaccurate to say that the decrease in reactivity of halogens is due to decreasing electronegativity?
I came across the following information in this post.
Below the infographic there is a paragraph with a disclaimer:
As another disclaimer, the reactivity of the halogens decreasing down the group ...
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Reactivity order of DIBAL-H and diborane with esters and acids
I have been taught in class that
DIBAL-H is more reactive towards esters than carboxylic acids while opposite is true for diborane.
Also DIBAL-H mentioned is taken under low temperatures (−78 °C).
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Competition between aromatic sulphonation and nitration
Say you take a substituted benzene* and react it with oleum and nitric acid. Would it result in a nitrated ring, a sulphonated ring, or some sort of a combination?
Thinking about it in terms of the ...
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Will dioxygen difluoride set fire to sand? [duplicate]
I've heard that dioxygen difluoride (a.k.a FOOF) would set fire or react with nearly everything including sand ,bricks or even ice. Is this true?
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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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