common chemical compounds

The halogens are the most reactive elements as a family. Fluorine is the most reactive of all the halogens. The reactivity of the halogens decreases down the grou..

In the common system, cyanides are named by any of the following methods: (i) By using suffix cyanide after the name of alkyl and aryl group. or (ii) By adding the suffix o-nitrile in place of ic - acid in the common name of the corresponding acid produced by the hydrolysis of ..

The steps in writing Lewis structures of covalent compounds are as follows: of the molecule by placing the atoms of the combining elements properly. Usually an atom, which forms the largest number of bonds with other atoms is written as the central atom of the structure. For example in PC..

Introduction - Let us examine closely the following sets of compounds and study their properties in terms of their physical state, melting points and boiling point..

Chemical Formulae - Every chemical substance is known by a specific name. But many a times these names are cumbersome, confusing, and do not provide information about its chemical composition. To overcome this, each chemical compound is represented ..

Every chemical substance is known by a specific name. But many a times these names are cumbersome, confusing, and do not provide information about its chemical composition. To overcome this, each chemical compound is represented by a chemical ..

Atoms of elements combine to form molecules of compounds. This combination can occur in two ways: either by electrovalent bonding or covalent bonding. In all chemical reactions it is the electrons from the outermost shell of an atom that are involved in interacting with ot..

Chemical Properties - Ethers are relatively inert compounds inspite of the presence of oxygen atom carrying two lone pairs of electrons in their molecules. These are not easily attacked by alkalis, dilute mineral acids, metallic sodium, PCl 5 etc. under ordinary conditions. It i..

Chemical Properties - The noble gases are generally inert and do not participate in the reactions easily. The inertness of noble gases is due to the following reasons. i) The atoms of noble gases have stable closed shell electronic configuration. ii) The noble gases have exceptionally hig..

Chemical Formulae - Every chemical substance is known by a specific name. But many a times these names are cumbersome, confusing and do not provide information about its chemical composition. To overcome this, each chemical compound is represented..