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Classification of Inorganic Compounds
The Inorganic compounds that are classified as: Acids Acids are those compounds that dissolve in water and generate hydrogen ions or H+ Ions. The examples of acids include Hydrochloric acid, citric acid, sulphuric acid, vinegar, etc. One example of the acidic reaction is shown below-Hydrochloric acid + water → H+ + Cl Bases A base is a type…
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Some chapters come under Inorganic Chemistry
(a) Organometallic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry, an interdisciplinary science in Inorganic Chemistry, has grown at a phenomenal pace during the last three to four decades. On the academic plane, efforts to elucidate the nature of bonds in the ever increasing list of exciting organometallic compounds have led to a clearer understanding of the nature and variety…
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Meaning of Chemistry
Chemistry is the study of the substances of which matter is composed. Chemistry is heavily experimental because you can only study reductions if you totally mix substances together. Luckily, you don’t need to risk your health and safety to understand chemistry better because brave scientists already did. There are over a hundred elements that make…
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What is Inorganic Chemistry?
The word organic refers to the compounds which contain the carbon atoms in it. So the branch of chemistry that deals with the study of compounds, which does not consist of carbon-hydrogen atoms in it, is called ‘Inorganic Chemistry.’ In simple words, it is opposite to that of Organic Chemistry. The substances which do not have carbon-hydrogen bonding…
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Which industries hire organic chemists?
Which industries hire organic chemists? Biotechnology Virtually all biotechnology (“biotech”) products are the result of organic chemistry. Biotech involves using living organisms and bioprocesses to create or modify products for a specific use. For example, a biotech company might produce seeds for crops that are disease-resistant, or plants that are drought-resistant. Common employment areas in…
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Stability of Intermediates
Carbocations The stability of carbocations can be explained by the Inductive Effect. CH3++CH2(CH3) +CH(CH3)2+C(CH3)3 i.e. Methyl Primary (1°) Secondary (2°) Tertiary(3°) We know that alkyl groups of organic chemistry are +I groups, that is, they release electrons through the sigma bonds. Since the carbon is deficient of electrons, we can say that as the number of methyl group increases,…
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Carbanions and Carbocations
What are Carbanions? They are generated by heterolytically cleaving a group attached to carbon without removing the bonded electrons. This makes the carbon have a pair of electrons, thereby, imparting a negative charge on the carbon. CH3– is isoelectronic with NH3 and it is sp3 hybridized and the shape is pyramidal owing to the presence of a lone pair of electrons. Formation of…
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What are Free Radicals?
Why Triplet Carbene is more Stable than Singlet? Triplet carbene has lower energy than singlet carbene because in singlet carbene there are more inter-electronic repulsions as both the electrons exist in the same orbital whereas in triplet carbene the two electrons exist in different orbitals making it possess less energy. What are Free Radicals? Free radicals in organic chemistry…
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Hybridization of Singlet and Triplet Carbene
inglet carbene Hybridisation: They are sp2 hybridized with a bent shape. They have a bond angle of 103° and bond length of 112 pm. Hybridization of Singlet Carbene Triplet Carbene Hybridization: They possess a sp hybrid orbital with a linear shape. They have a bond angle and bond length of 180° and 103 pm respectively.
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Reaction Intermediates in Organic Chemistry
Intermediates can be understood as the first product of a consecutive reaction. For example, in a chemical reaction, if A→B and B→C, then, B can be said to be the intermediate for reaction A→C. The reactions in organic chemistry occur via the formation of these intermediates.
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