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Offline yazan1986

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Need help with complex reactions!
« on: December 21, 2008, 04:12:52 PM »
Hello guys!
I have always found it hard to predict and memorize complex chemical reactions ???.
Can any one suggest a book that really makes complex chemical reactions understandable and doable?
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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2008, 04:55:36 PM »
Give an example of a complex chemical reaction.


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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2008, 06:40:08 AM »
An example of complex chemical reaction is:
CO2 +H2O   :rarrow:    CH2O + O2

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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2008, 08:39:56 AM »
An example of complex chemical reaction is:
CO2 +H2O   :rarrow:    CH2O + O2

That isn't a normal balanced equation, so it's hard for you to wrap your mind around, it's the generic biochem shorthand formula, CH2O, for carbohydrate, either fructose, or it's isomer glucose, or glucose's polymers -- gycogen, starch, and cellulose.  You just stick numbers in depending on what the product is.
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2008, 03:17:03 PM »
Thanks for your info, Can you advice me of a book to apprehend it?

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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2008, 04:22:32 PM »
Sorry, i said apprehend i meant comprehend!!

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Re: Need help with complex reactions!
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2008, 11:02:46 PM »
Hi
First try to understand a reaction.You know reactions are categorized into different category -like redox,acid-base,combustion etc.Try to understand what is happening in that reaction and then memorize it by practice . :)

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