Chemistry in a Nutshell

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

Using Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rules, ranks the following from highest to lowest priority.

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

True or False: A formal charge of 0 always means an atom has a full octet.

1 day ago | [YT] | 13

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which of the following bonds is the most polar?

6 days ago | [YT] | 35

Chemistry in a Nutshell

True or False: A carbon atom has 4 valence electrons.

1 week ago | [YT] | 31

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which element is most commonly used to produce the color green in fireworks?

1 week ago | [YT] | 41

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… but which fact about (pure) water is true?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 28

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which is most likely to have ionic bonds?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 26

Chemistry in a Nutshell

The water molecules in snowflakes have what type of crystalline structure?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 23

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Reindeer eat moss which contains arachidonic acid… but why is that beneficial to them?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 21

Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which scientists invented the "silver mirror test" to detect aldehydes, which is the same reaction used to coat the inside of glass bulb ornaments with silver?

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