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Difference between allosteric and chelate cooperativity
As the title suggests, i'm trying to wrap my head around what differentiates an allosteric cooperativity from a chelate cooperativity by looking into this article. However i'm not able to grasp the ...
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How does 81-crown-27 complexes itself with alkali metal with its size?
The biggest crown ether experimentally confirmed is 81-crown-27 1
How can this molecule form complexes when the distance between the 27 oxygen atoms which complexes with the cation inside seems ...
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How are atoms encapsulated in buckminsterfullerene molecules?
According to nature.com, buckminsterfullerene molecules (bucky balls) can be formed by vaporizing graphite by saturating it with laser irradiation.
I haven't entirely understood why the carbon forms ...
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Interlocked cyclic compounds
Being new to chemistry, there may ought to be some properties I couldn't understand fully. One of them being cyclic compounds.
One particular question about this is, whether these cyclic compounds, ...
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