High school Chem and reactions?

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In high school chemistry, balancing chemical reactions and predicting products are fundamental skills. The concept of octets, while useful, primarily applies to second-period elements and does not universally determine reaction feasibility. To assess whether certain reactions are possible, one can explore the field of Reaction Prediction, which provides guidelines and methods for evaluating chemical interactions. Resources like YouTube offer instructional videos on this topic, enhancing understanding of reaction possibilities. Overall, not all reactions can occur simply based on valence electrons achieving an octet.
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In high school chemistry, which I am in right now, we are the very simple means by which to balance a chemical reaction and determine the products of a reactions. My question is; is any reaction possible as long as the valence electrons of the reactants equal eight? Obviously the answer is no, but how would you determine if certain reactions are possible or not.
 
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Timothy S said:
is any reaction possible as long as the valence electrons of the reactants equal eight

Octets work reasonably well only for 2nd period.
 
There is a whole part of Chemistry called Reaction Prediction. You can look it up on YouTube to see instructors explaining how to predict the reaction that would occur between different chemicals.
 

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