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Why does fructose reduce Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution?

organic-chemistry biochemistry carbohydrates asked Nov 3, 2015 at 9:30
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Why is Diiron nonacarbonyl so exceptional?

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How can the intense color of potassium permanganate be explained with molecular orbital theory?

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Why do XeO and XeF8 not exist?

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Why copper(I) is unstable in aqueous medium?

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Why do all radioactive decay series terminate at lead?

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Is Mohs scale of mineral hardness applicable for rocks and minerals of terrestrial planets other than Earth?

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Why are palladium and platinum carbonyls unstable at room temperature?

inorganic-chemistry transition-metals stability carbonyl-complexes asked May 19, 2019 at 4:17
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Why is this compound named resorcinol?

organic-chemistry nomenclature aromatic-compounds asked Jan 18, 2016 at 16:50
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Why can't the human voice produce a Shepard tone?

waves acoustics frequency biophysics perception asked Jan 12, 2016 at 17:19
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How does ammonium nitrate explode on its own?
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How is heavy water detrimental to the human body?
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Why was there a gap in the number of asteroid detections between 1807 and 1845?
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What chemical properties of ethanol make it usable for drinks as compared to that of methanol?
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Why are most women in anime housewives instead of being independent?
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If Theia really crashed into Earth, did it impact Earth's axial tilt?
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Is Jupiter's Red Spot "locked in place" or does it move around?
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Does a neutral dimercury molecule exist?
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Why isn't thallium triiodide stable?
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Do Japanese Student councils have actual power (punishing students, revoking clubs, etc)?
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Is there a commercial liquid with refractive index greater than n=2?
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How to create black precipitate in clear liquid
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What is the name origin of ester?
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What does a comma signify in inorganic chemistry?
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What metals aren't dissolved in/attacked by aqua regia?
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How does aqua regia dissolve gold?
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What does β stand for in β-potassium zirconate?
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On Mars, why are the seasons "strongly amplified" in the southern hemisphere and masked in the northern hemisphere?
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Why do some people think that handholding should be censored in anime?
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Sodium and potassium produce a strange liquid, why the liquid explode when it gets contact with water?
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Does selenium sulfate corrode or otherwise react with metals?
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How fast is Neptune getting brighter? When was was this first noticed and reported?
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Examples of plant families that contain species that are safe for human consumption and species that are poisonous to humans?
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Does sodium hydroxide react with ozone to produce sodium ozonide?
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Reaction between sulfur and sodium hydroxide
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What is k2, how does it relate to Io's volcanism and how can Juno constrain its value?
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How can oxygen have three bonds?
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Is there any way for a gas to pass through a solid metal?
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Where are the rare earth elements in electronics?
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Why does the stratosphere have a lot of ozone, but not the Earth's surface?
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