Why is ether commonly used in alkene halogenation reactions?

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Why is everything oxidized?

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Why is forerun discarded when distilling?

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Why is Fulvene not aromatic?

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Why Is GC An Appropriate Technique To Measure Purity of Cyclohexene?

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Why is HCl used in the washing step in friedel-crafts reaction?

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Why is hexane reformed and isomerised?

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Why is hydrochloric acid added in the reduction of cinnamaldehyde?

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Why is hydroxide group an electron-donating group?

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Why is Hydroxyethyl cellulose not an alcohol?

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Why is imidazole more basic than pyrazole?

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Why is Isoprene iso? Isoprene not have its central atom cleaved a hydrogen bond.

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Why is Isopropyl Alcohol being used as the solvent here?

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Why is it better to perform simple distillation for purifying isoamyl acetate?

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Why is it possible to transmetallate i-PrMgBr with PhBr but not the other way?

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