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1.What is the difference between E1 and E2 elimination reactions?
- •E1 is two-step (carbocation intermediate, unimolecular); E2 is one-step concerted (bimolecular, requires anti-periplanar geometry)
- •Both mechanisms are identical but occur at different temperatures
- •E1 produces only cis-alkenes; E2 produces only trans-alkenes
- •E1 requires a strong base; E2 requires a weak base
2.What is the Woodward-Hoffmann rules concept?
- •Guidelines for determining the stability of aromatic compounds
- •Empirical rules for predicting NMR chemical shifts
- •Rules for predicting the products of nucleophilic substitution reactions
- •Rules based on orbital symmetry that predict whether pericyclic reactions (cycloadditions, electrocyclic, sigmatropic) are thermally or photochemically allowed
3.What does the Gibbs free energy equation determine?
- •Whether a reaction is spontaneous (ΔG < 0)
- •The speed of a chemical reaction
- •The amount of heat released by a reaction
- •The equilibrium constant of a reaction
4.What is the hybridization of carbon in methane (CH₄)?
- •sp²
- •sp
- •sp³
- •sp³d
5.What is the Nernst equation used for?
- •Calculating the rate constant of a reaction
- •Predicting the molecular geometry of a compound
- •Determining the heat capacity of a solution
- •Calculating the cell potential under non-standard conditions
6.What does the term 'entropy' measure in chemistry?
- •The rate at which a reaction approaches equilibrium
- •The total energy of a chemical system
- •The heat absorbed during a phase change
- •The degree of disorder or randomness in a system
7.What is the significance of the equilibrium constant (K)?
- •K determines the speed at which equilibrium is reached
- •K quantifies the ratio of product to reactant concentrations at equilibrium; large K favors products, small K favors reactants
- •K is always equal to 1 for reversible reactions
- •K equals the sum of all reactant and product concentrations
8.What is the Aufbau principle?
- •No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers
- •The uncertainty in position and momentum of an electron cannot both be zero
- •Electrons spread out among orbitals of equal energy before pairing
- •Electrons fill orbitals starting from the lowest energy level first
9.What is Gibbs free energy and what does a negative ΔG indicate?
- •A thermodynamic potential that predicts reaction spontaneity; negative ΔG means the reaction is spontaneous at constant T and P
- •The total energy of the universe; negative ΔG means energy is destroyed
- •The activation energy; negative ΔG means no catalyst is needed
- •A measure of kinetic energy; negative ΔG means the reaction is fast
10.What is aromatic electrophilic substitution?
- •A reaction where an electrophile replaces a hydrogen on an aromatic ring, preserving aromaticity (e.g., nitration, halogenation, Friedel-Crafts)
- •The addition of electrophiles across a double bond in an aromatic ring
- •The removal of substituents from an aromatic ring by nucleophiles
- •The reduction of an aromatic ring to a cyclohexane