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Why does each successive dissociation constant of a polyprotic acid (Ka1, Ka2, Ka3, …) get progressively smaller?
ARemoving a proton becomes progressively harder because the species losing it is progressively more negatively charged, so it holds the remaining protons more tightlyBLater protons are chemically different atoms with weaker O–H bondsCThe solution becomes more dilute after each dissociation stepDEquilibrium constants always decrease with each reaction step, regardless of the species involved
Why can carbon form so many more compounds than almost any other element?1 / 8
Carbon forms four covalent bonds, and — unusually — it bonds happily to itself, chaining into long strings, branches, and rings almost without limit. That single property (catenation) is why organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon compounds, is such a vast field.
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Chemistry · L3 · Organic Chemistry: Functional Groups & Naming
A Schottky defect in an ionic crystal consists of what?
AA single cation vacancy, with no accompanying anion vacancyBA matched pair of vacancies — one cation site and one anion site both left emptyCA cation displaced into an interstitial site, leaving a vacancy behindDAn extra ion squeezed into an interstitial gap with no vacancy created
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Chemistry · L5 · Crystal Defects and Semiconductors
What best describes a system at dynamic equilibrium?
AThe forward and reverse reaction rates are equalBThe forward reaction has stopped completelyCThe amounts of reactant and product are equalDThe reverse reaction has stopped completely
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Chemistry · L3 · Chemical Equilibrium & Le Chatelier's Principle — 5 Q
HBr adds to 2-methylpropene, (CH₃)₂C=CH₂. What is the major product, and why?
Atert-Butyl bromide, via the more stable tertiary carbocationBIsobutyl bromide, via the more stable primary carbocationCtert-Butyl bromide, via a radical chain mechanismDAn equal mixture of both regioisomers
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Chemistry · L4 · Addition and Elimination Mechanisms Quiz
Cell notation and concentration cells The earlier note on electrochemistry built up E°cell, ΔG° = −nFE°, and the Nernst equation from two half-reactions described in words. This note adds two things on top of that foundation: a compact, sta
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Chemistry · L4 · Cell Notation and Concentration Cells
In a chemical reaction, no atoms are created or destroyed — they are only rearranged into new substances. So the total mass of the products equals the total mass of the reactants.
What are the four main classes of crystalline solid, classified by what holds their particles together?1 / 8
Ionic (electrostatic attraction between ions), molecular (weak intermolecular forces between discrete molecules), covalent network (one giant, continuously covalently-bonded lattice), and metallic (a delocalized 'sea' of electrons shared among metal cations).
What is the fundamental advantage single-molecule spectroscopy has over ensemble spectroscopy?
AIt always gives a stronger overall signalBIt reveals the underlying distribution of behaviors and real-time dynamics that an ensemble average washes outCIt eliminates the need for any fluorescent labelDIt can only be performed on solid samples
Dipole moment is a vector quantity. What two things does that mean it has?
AOnly a magnitude, measured in debyeBA magnitude AND a directionCOnly a direction, from negative to positiveDA magnitude and a sign (positive or negative), but no direction
Identify the substituent on the ring below, and predict where a second electrophile would attack.
AAn amino group — activating, so the ring is attacked at the ortho and para positionsBA nitro group — deactivating, so the ring is attacked at the meta positionCA nitro group — activating, so the ring is attacked at the ortho and para positionsDA hydroxyl group — deactivating, so the ring is attacked at the meta position