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Why does MLCT excitation make a photocatalyst both a stronger oxidant and a stronger reductant simultaneously?
AIt increases the total electron count on the metalBThe metal-centered electron hole created makes it a better oxidant, while the promoted ligand pi* electron makes it a better reductantCExcitation always favors oxidation only, never reductionDThe metal center is reduced to a lower oxidation state upon excitation
What two conditions does collision theory say a collision must meet to cause a reaction?1 / 8
The particles must collide with enough energy — at least the activation energy — AND in the correct orientation. Meet only one and the collision fails.
What is a reaction intermediate, and why can't its concentration be handled with simple algebra the way a stable reactant can?1 / 12
An intermediate is a species produced by one elementary step and consumed by a later one — it never appears in the overall equation. Because it is typically short-lived and reactive, we can't just measure its concentration directly; we need an approximation to eliminate it from the rate law.
Why does a singlet carbene's cyclopropanation of an alkene proceed stereospecifically?
AIt reacts in a single concerted step with no intermediate that could rotate and scramble the alkene's original stereochemistryBSinglet carbenes never react with alkenes at allCSinglet carbenes always racemize the alkene before additionDSinglet carbenes only add to alkenes at very low temperature
Solid state chemistry: crystal classes and unit cells Most solids we handle are crystalline: their particles pack into an ordered, repeating three-dimensional pattern rather than sitting in random disorder. What holds a particular solid tog
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Why do candle wax, propane, and petrol all produce carbon dioxide and water when they burn completely?1 / 11
They are all hydrocarbons — molecules made only of carbon and hydrogen. When any hydrocarbon burns completely in plenty of oxygen, its carbon always ends up as carbon dioxide and its hydrogen as water.
Measuring Activity, Not Just Abundance Most proteomic methods measure how much of a protein is present. Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) instead measures whether an enzyme is catalytically FUNCTIONING, using a small-molecule probe de
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