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If Lovastatin were heated in dilute aqueous acid, what would the molecular weight of the product be? (The large of the two products. Assume that there is no hydration of the alkene functionalities.)
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I just learned octane numbers in organic chemistry a few days ago, and I'm extremely confused about it. From what I understand, the octane number indicates resistance of a motor fuel to knock, and "knock" is the tendency for the fuel to detonate before hit by spark. Is there an easier way to...
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A botanist friend of yours has returned from a trip to the rain forest. She brings with her a package of dried leaves which contains what native healers believe to be an antidote to severe itching. You have access to an organ bath set up in which you can set up an isolated...
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0.658 g of potassium bromate and 0.562 g of silver nitrate are added to 388 mL water. Solid silver bromate is formed, dried, and weighted. What is the mass, in g, of the precipitated silver bromate? Assume silver bromate is completely insoluble.
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Suppose the Earth is a perfect sphere with R=6370 km. If a person weighs exactly 600.0N at the north pole, how much will the person weigh at the equator? (Hint: the upward push of the scale on the person is what the scale will read and is what we are calling the weight in...
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A family built a cabin directly under a 138kV, 60 Hz alternating voltage power line in the countryside. They assembled a huge coil under the cabin roof intending to tap off electrical energy from the overhead power lines (no wires are attached to the power lines)
a) How...