Nilay Ghosh

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

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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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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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Can we use phosphorous triiodide in Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction?

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Why doesn't tantalum and tungsten form amalgam?

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Why are palladium and platinum carbonyls unstable at room temperature?

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