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A Label That (Mostly) Doesn't Change the Chemistry Isotopes of the same element share essentially identical electronic structure and chemical reactivity, differing mainly in nuclear mass and, for radioisotopes, decay behavior. That near-che
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Chemistry · L5 · Isotope Labeling and Tracer Studies
Why Combine Electrochemistry with Spectroscopy Cyclic voltammetry measures current as a function of potential and, from peak positions and shapes, infers a formal potential, an approximate electron count, and a qualitative sense of reversib
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Chemistry · L5 · Spectroelectrochemistry: Watching Electron Transfer Happen
The four-reaction cycle of UV photolysis and recombination that continuously forms and destroys ozone (O₃) in the stratosphere, maintaining a roughly steady-state ozone concentration long before any human influence existed.
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Chemistry · L4 · Atmospheric Chemistry — Ozone and the Greenhouse Effect
Docking: Fast Search, Approximate Scoring Molecular docking solves two problems together for every candidate compound: SEARCH (where and how does the ligand fit into the binding site — its pose) and SCORING (how favorable is that pose energ
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Chemistry · L5 · Computational Docking & Drug Design
Sodium reacts with chlorine to form sodium chloride. What type of bond forms, and why?
ACovalent — both atoms share electrons equallyBIonic — sodium (a metal) transfers an electron to chlorine (a non-metal)CMetallic — both atoms release electrons into a shared seaDNo bond forms — sodium and chlorine repel each other
Which four groups are bonded to the alpha carbon of a generic amino acid?
ATwo amino groups and two carboxylic acid groupsBAn amino group, a carboxylic acid group, a hydrogen, and an R groupCA hydroxyl group, a carbonyl group, a hydrogen, and an R groupDAn amino group, a phosphate group, a hydrogen, and an R group
The Boltzmann Distribution In a system at thermal equilibrium, molecules are distributed over their available energy states according to the Boltzmann distribution: the ratio of populations in two states depends only on their energy gap and
What is a polyprotic acid, and what are the three ionisation steps of phosphoric acid, H₃PO₄?1 / 11
A polyprotic acid can donate more than one proton per molecule, but only one at a time. H₃PO₄ ionises in three steps: H₃PO₄ ⇌ H⁺ + H₂PO₄⁻ (Ka1), H₂PO₄⁻ ⇌ H⁺ + HPO₄²⁻ (Ka2), HPO₄²⁻ ⇌ H⁺ + PO₄³⁻ (Ka3). Each step removes a proton from the species produced by the previous step, not from the original acid directly.
Retention Factor: Putting a Number on Chromatography Earlier you saw that dyes spread out on wet paper because they travel at different speeds — some further, some barely at all. The retention factor, Rf, turns that qualitative spreading in
Addition and elimination mechanisms Alkenes and alkyl halides sit at opposite ends of the same reaction: an alkyl halide can be built by ADDING H–X across a double bond, and an alkene can be recovered by ELIMINATING H–X from an alkyl halide
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Chemistry · L4 · Addition and Elimination Mechanisms
What is the core assumption behind the steady-state approximation?
AThe intermediate's concentration is exactly zero at all timesBThe intermediate's rate of formation is approximately equal to its rate of consumption, so d[intermediate]/dt ≈ 0CEvery elementary step in the mechanism proceeds at exactly the same rateDThe overall reaction has reached true thermodynamic equilibrium
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Chemistry · L4 · The Steady-State Approximation — 6 Q
From Dissolved to Solid Again You already know that salt and sugar seem to disappear when you stir them into water. They dissolve — the tiny pieces spread out through the water so you can't see them anymore. But if you leave that salty or s