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Title: What characteristic would let you recognize that something might be a good protic solvent?
Post by: swimchk13 on Feb 17, 2022

Question 1.

Does the molecule below violate Bredt's rule?




▸ No, because the ring is sufficiently large.

▸ No, because the double bond includes the bridgehead carbon.

▸ Yes, because the bond angles are too small.

▸ Yes, because the molecule is not aromatic.

▸ Yes, because there is a trans double bond in a ring.

Question 2.

What characteristic would let you recognize that something might be a good protic solvent?

▸ It has a low melting point.

▸ It is hydrophobic.

▸ It has a bright color.

▸ It forms hydrogen bonds.

▸ It has a low boiling point.


Title: What characteristic would let you recognize that something might be a good protic solvent?
Post by: aedukuye on Feb 17, 2022
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