For an electrode in contact with an electrolyte solution having similar ionic nature, if the tendency of the electrode is to lose electrons and undergo oxidation reaction, the electrode is said to have an oxidation potential. Example, Zn electrode dipped in the ZnSO4 electrolyte solution.
Amorphous solids are said to be isotropic, and crystalline solids are anisotropic for their physical property measurements.
Isotropy comes from the Greek word; iso means same and tropos means direction. The name rightly indicates that for the amorphous solids; the physical property measurements are same in all the directions. The same correlation applies for anisotropy that means no same direction. It means that for the crystalline solids, the physical property measurements are not same in all the directions.
Learning Objective: To learn about the three ways carbanion intermediates are generated.
Skill Level - Intermediate
Prerequisites:
Vander Waal Force | London Dispersion Force |
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Atoms primarily form three types of bonds – ionic, covalent, and metallic.
We start by exploring the Octet Rule that determines Ionic and Covalent bonds.
Learning Objective: To study the three types of addition reactions that nucleophiles undergo.
Skill Level - Intermediate
Prerequisites:
| Nucleofuge | Nucleophile |
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Definition | It is a leaving group that leaves a reactant (substrate) molecule by withdrawing the electron pair of the C-C bond and breaking it.
| Nucleophiles are electron-rich species that donate electron pair to electron-deficient species and forms a new C-C bond.
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Nature |
An allyl group is three-carbon substituted propene, also called a propenyl group (prop-2-en-1-yl).
Radical initiators are chemical species that quickly produce free radicals by light and heat exposure. Examples include Halogens (Cl2), AIBN (R-N=N-R), peroxides (R-O-O-R), acetophenone, benzophenone, etc.
A proton is one of the subatomic particles found in every atom’s nucleus, denoted as p or p+.
