Answer: Resonance structures are a group of two or more Lewis structures that collectively represent a single polyatomic species ‘ electronic... View Article
The correct answer is (b) acetaldehyde Acetaldehyde does not undergo a Cannizaro reaction. The compound which contains α (alpha) hydrogen does... View Article
Answer: IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds refers to the systematic... View Article
Spectral series is the set of wavelengths arranged in a sequential fashion. Which characterises light or any electromagnetic radiation emitted by... View Article
Mesomers are the type of organic compounds in which two chiral carbons are present and those two are similar. The net rotation of plane polarised... View Article
Detergents are the potassium or sodium salts of a long alkyl chain ending with a sulfonate group. They are soluble in hard water. This solubility... View Article
The defects which arise due to the presence of extra cations at interstitial sites or due to the absence of anions are called metal excess... View Article
NI3 is least basic because Iodine has vacant d orbital hence it can accept lone pair of electrons from Nitrogen and help in back bonding. Also,... View Article
Answer: Hydrated radius is defined as the radius of ion and closely bound water molecules. The ions with bigger size and low charge hold water... View Article
The types of bonds present in CuSO4.5H2O are electrovalent, covalent and coordinate covalent. Copper(II) sulfate is a hydrated, blue solid – it... View Article
The substance whose smells varies on mixing with an acidic or basic solution is called an olfactory indicator. These are mainly used in labs for... View Article
Reducing power is the potential of a substance to reduce another substance. That can be either by addition or removal of hydrogen or by loss or... View Article
Friedrich Wöhler is considered the father of organic chemistry. He was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate many numbers of... View Article
The correct answer is (b)zinc Calamine is an ore of Zinc. Zinc Oxide is an inorganic compound which is also known as Calamine or Zinc White.... View Article
Calcium Cyanamide CaCN2 is known as Nitrolim. It is the calcium salt of the cyanamide (CN22−) anion. It was first synthesized in 1898 by Adolph... View Article
A reduction-oxidation or redox reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which reduction and oxidation occur at the same time. The reduced... View Article
The compound Borazine is called inorganic benzene. Its formula is B3N3H6. Inorganic benzene is also known as borazine which is an inorganic and... View Article
Answer: Dow's process is a method to prepare phenol. The reactant chlorobenzene is heated with aqueous sodium hydroxide at temperatures 623K and... View Article
Nitrogen is the fifth most abundant element in the universe, making up about 78 per cent of the atmosphere on earth, and contains an estimated... View Article
