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Why is Diiron nonacarbonyl so exceptional?

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Why do XeO and XeF8 not exist?

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

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

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Why do all radioactive decay series terminate at lead?

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Why is this compound named resorcinol?

organic-chemistry nomenclature aromatic-compounds asked Jan 18 '16 at 16:50
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Structural representation of substituted benzene

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Why can't the human voice produce a Shepard tone?

waves acoustics frequency biophysics perception asked Jan 12 '16 at 17:19
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Why do different elements form different types of carbides?

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Why $\ce{Cu+}$ is unstable in aqueous medium?

inorganic-chemistry reaction stability asked Dec 28 '15 at 5:12
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Does a neutral dimercury molecule exist?
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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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Why isn't thallium triiodide stable?
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How does aqua regia dissolve gold?
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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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Does selenium sulfate corrode or otherwise react with metals?
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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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What does β stand for in β-potassium zirconate?
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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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How can oxygen have three bonds?
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Reaction between alumina and aqueous sodium hydroxide, which one's right?
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Why do chromyl bromide and chromyl iodide not exist?
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Selective nitro reduction of poly nitro compounds
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Is Be2 diamagnetic?
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What word is to chalcogen and pnictogen what halide is to halogen?
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Can phenol be detected with a ceric ammonium nitrate test?
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Does the sea level increase if an iceberg melts?
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Producing sulphur dioxide for using in a reaction
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Does acetamide respond positively to iodoform test?
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Reaction between phosphorus pentachloride and sulfuric acid?
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Reaction between sulfur and sodium hydroxide
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Why do different elements form different types of carbides?
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Preparation of Mercurous nitrite
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What is CuCl · CO · 2 H₂O?
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Can you combine elemental gold and boron?
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Can sulfuric acid itself be electrolysed?
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Formic Acid vs Formica - Which came first?
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Unusual oxidation numbers for alkaline earth metals?
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