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Acids and bases play a crucial role in chemistry. They influence everything from biological processes to industrial applications. Knowing the difference between weak and strong acids and bases helps students grasp how substances behave in solutions, especially regarding pH levels. This knowledge is essential for predicting reactions, understanding buffer systems, and working safely with chemicals like sodium hypochlorite. In this post, I’ll explain what weak acids and bases a

If you are in organic chemistry II, you will likely cover reactions involving the alpha carbons of carbonyls. These reactions cover a wide range of reactions including the aldol condensation, Claisen condensation, the malonic ester synthesis, the acetoacetic ester synthesis, the Michael reaction, and the Robinson annulation. In this post, we are going to look at the malonic ester synthesis. Join us for a look at the malonic ester synthesis in organic chemistry. Take a look

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Need to review concepts in hybridization? Have a look at this new whiteboard lecture to catch you up on everything dealing with hybridization (focusing only on sp, sp2, and sp3). This video lecture will show how we combine atomic orbitals and hybridize them to obtain bonding molecular orbitals in valence bond theory. Enjoy!

In this post, we cover calculating theoretical and percent yields for reactions, including determination of the limiting reactant.

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This post covers the use of significant figures in calculations.

This post discusses the basics of making measurements and rules for significant figures.

This post begins a discussion of numbers used in chemistry.

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