Ortho effect refers mainly to the set of steric effects and some bonding interactions along with polar effects caused by the various substituents which are in a given molecule altering its chemical properties and physical properties. The ortho effect is associated with benzene compounds. What is ortho effect? Ortho effect is a special type of […]
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What is the product formed when ethoxybenzene reacts with HBr? Ethoxybenzene is Ph-O-C2H5. When it reacts with HBr, the products formed are phenol and ethyl bromide. The reaction and mechanism of the reaction of ethoxybenzene with HBr is as: What is Substitution reaction? The substitution reaction is defined as a reaction in which the functional
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The equal volume of two HCl solutions of pH=3 and pH=5 were mixed. What is the pH of the resulting solution? To calculate the pH of the resulting solution from the two solutions whose pH values are known. Firstly, calculate hydrogen ion concentration of both the solutions with the help of pH formula. We know
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Alkene are more reactive than alkane. First of all, we will discuss about alkane and alkene. What is alkene? An alkene is the unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains one or more carbon-carbon double bond, i.e., C=C. The general formula of alkene is CnH2n. What is alkane? An alkane is the saturated hydrocarbon that contains only single
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What is the conversion of methyl iodide to acetic acid? For the conversion of methyl iodide to acetic acid, follow step by step procedure from the basic organic reactions. What is to be done? Methyl iodide has the formula CH3I while acetic acid has the formula CH3COOH. In this reaction, -I is replaced by -COOH.
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First of all, we should know about the reaction which occurs here. Later on we will discuss the peroxide effect in each case of HX. The reaction occurs is an addition reaction of an alkene. The hydrogen halide (HX, where X is F, Cl, Br, I) molecule adds to the double bonded carbon atoms to
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In this post, we are going to learn about the markovnikov’s addition rule. What is the mechanism for addition of HOCl to alkene? Addition of HOCl to an alkene is done by Markovnikov’s addition rule. What is Markovnikov’s addition rule? When a protic acid (HX) is added to an asymmetric alkene, the acidic hydrogen attaches
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How do you convert ethanol to butyne? Ethanol contains alcohol group which is to be converted first into an halide (say Cl), and then the ethyl chloride reacts with sodium acetylide to form the desired product. What is ethanol? Ethanol is an organic compound containing alcohol functional group having molecular formula C2H5OH. How the reaction
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Are you facing problems while doing organic conversions? Do you not have organic conversion chart with you? If your answer is Yes. You are at the right place! In this post we will discuss about the easy ways of organic conversions. Organic conversion charts are also included in this post. What are organic conversions or
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