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Haloalkanes and Haloarenes - High School Chemistry
The replacement of hydrogen atom(s) in hydrocarbon, aliphatic or aromatic, by halogen atom(s) results in the formation of alkyl halide (haloalkane) and aryl halide (haloarene), respectively, one of the most crucial organic compound in organic chemistry.
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers - High School Chemistry
Alcohols, phenols, and ethers are important classes of organic compounds with wide applications in industry and daily life. They are formed by the substitution of hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbons. Part of Organic Chemistry.
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids - High School Chemistry
Organic compounds containing carbon-oxygen double bond (>C=O) called carbonyl group, which is one of the most important functional groups in organic chemistry. In aldehydes, the carbonyl group is bonded to a carbon and hydrogen while in the ketones, it is bonded to two carbon atoms. The carbonyl compounds in which carbon of carbonyl group is bonded to carbon or hydrogen and oxygen of hydroxyl moiety (-OH) are known as carboxylic acids.
Amine - High School Chemistry
Amines are organic compounds derived from ammonia by replacing one, two, or all three hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl groups. They are vital in nature (proteins, vitamins, hormones) and industry (polymers, dyes, drugs). Part of Organic Chemistry.
Biomolecules - High School Chemistry
The pursuit of knowledge of what goes on chemically within a living system falls in the domain of biochemistry. Living systems are made up of various complex biomolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, etc.
Coordination Compounds - High School Chemistry
Coordination compounds are the backbone of modern inorganic and bio-inorganic chemistry and chemical industry. The chemistry of coordination compounds is an important and challenging area of modern inorganic chemistry. New concepts of chemical bonding and molecular structure have provided insights into the functioning of these compounds as vital components of biological systems.
d and f block elements - High School Chemistry
The d-block of the periodic table contains the elements of the groups 3-12 in which the d orbitals are progressively filled. The f-block consists of elements in which 4f and 5f orbitals are progressively filled. They are placed in a separate panel at the bottom of the periodic table. The names transition metals and inner transition metals are often used to refer to the elements of d- and f-blocks respectively.
Solutions - High School Chemistry
A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more than two components dispersed on a molecular state.
The component which is present in excess amount is called the solvent.
Electrochemistry - High School Chemistry
Electrochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with the relationship between electrical energy and chemical changes. It encompasses the study of:
- The production of electricity from the energy released during spontaneous chemical reactions.
- The use of electrical energy to bring about non-spontaneous chemical transformations.
These processes occur in devices called electrochemical cells.
Chemical Kinetics - High School Chemistry
In thermodynamics, we have studied whether a reaction will take place or not and if it does then up to what extent. In this chapter (chemical kinetics), we will study about how fast a chemical reaction takes place and what are the different factors affecting this rate of chemical reaction. How to optimise the conditions so as to maximize the output in optimum time. The last part of the chapter will be dealing with the mechanism of a chemical reaction and catalysis.
Lewis Structures - Organic Chemistry
In chemistry, 3D molecular structures need to represented on 2D paper. One such 2D representation on paper is lewis structures. Here we shall learn about the full lewis, the half lewis and finally, the 'lazy' lewis.
Ionic and Covalent Bonds - Organic Chemistry
Two of the most used bonding types in Organic Chemistry are Ionic and Covalent bonding types. Both are quite intuitive to understand and could be understood from Coulomb's law. We shall also, introduce the concept of electronegativity over here.
Chemical Kinetics - Organic Chemistry
Chemical kinetics is the study of reaction rates. It can be really important in figuring out the mechanisms of chemical reactions.
Chemical Equilibria - Organic Chemistry
In chemistry, irreversible reactions like fires and explosions often get all the attention. However, many, if not most, reactions don't go to completion. Instead, the products can react to regenerate the starting materials, establishing a reversible reaction.
How does one even know Methane is Tetrahedral? - Organic Chemistry
how do we know that CH4 is tetrahedral? And secondly, how do we reconcile this electronic configuration (2s2 2p2 ) with the fact that we have four equal C–H bonds?