Q. What the difference is between a base and a nucleophile?
We have seen that a molecule or an ion having a lone pair of electrons can act as an electron pair donor in a reaction with either a proton or…
Q. Is oxoacids of fluorine exist?
The hypothetical oxoacid of fluorine, HFO₂(HOFO), would have a positive formal charge on the central F atom. This is not something that we would expect of fluorine, the most electronegative…
Q. Why Na⁺(aq) does not act as an acid in aqueous solution?
A: Whether an aqueous solution of a metal ion is acidic depends on two principal factors: (i) The first is the amount of charge on the cation; and (ii) The…
Q. Discuss the strength of the nucleophiles in SN reactions.
Rate of SN¹ reaction = K [substrate]¹ Rate of SN² reaction = K [substrate]¹[nucleophile]¹ The rate of an SN¹ reaction is unaffected by either the concentration or the nature of…
Q. Do set of d orbitals split equally w.r.t the average energy of d orbitals in Crystal Field?
No. The reason is that the total energy must be constant. If we consider a d'° ion such as Zn²⁺ in an octahedral field, the destabilisation caused by the four…