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What is resonance, and are resonance structures real?

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Do vinyl cations adopt a classical or non-classical structure?

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What is Y-aromaticity? Is the trinitromethanide anion aromatic?

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Why are the C-C bonds in benzene closer in length to double bonds than single bonds?

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Exocyclic vs. endocyclic double bonds in E1 elimination

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Why are tertiary carbocations so stable?

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Purpose of ammine in Tollens' reagent

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Wild camping in the Brecon Beacons

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Bonding in alkali metal complexes

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Clemmensen reduction of 1,3 diketones

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A compound that absorbs all visible light
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Can an atom bond with more than 8 other atoms?
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What is resonance, and are resonance structures real?
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Is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge a ridge or a trench?
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If we assume the mega impact hypothesis for the formation of Moon, where on Earth is the impact point?
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Why are the masses of atoms less than the sum of their subatomic particles?
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Why is tetramethylsilane (TMS) used as an internal standard in NMR spectroscopy?
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Why is europium used in Euro bank notes?
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Why is tetrafluoromethane non-polar and fluoroform polar?
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How is known that the Earth core is solid?
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Why there are no sharp corners in nature?
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Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?
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Is biphenyl considered to be aromatic?
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Why is cyclopentadiene more stable than its aromatic counterpart cyclopentadienyl anion?
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Does sodium form complexes like transition metal ions?
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Friedel–Crafts reaction of phenol
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What happens if the electronegativity difference is exactly 2.1?
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Is oxygen the most abundant element on Earth?
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What are the distinguishing features of an “artificial seismic wave” (e.g. a large underground explosion)
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Origin of Azide's Name
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Why is meta-nitrophenol less acidic than para-nitrophenol?
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Is pyrite (FeS₂) an ionic or a covalent compound?
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Synthesising Complex Aromatic Compound
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Integration of the first order rate equation
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Is there a difference between Density and Specific Gravity?
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Is it possible for one specific atom in a molecule to have a non-integer oxidation state?
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What is GMEC (Global Minimum Energy Conformation)?
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Does adsorption violate thermodynamics?
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Naming of 2-methylpropane
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Claisen condensation
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