... order) or E2 (second order) reaction. In an E1 mechanism, a monomolecular elimination of water will result in an alkyl cation. In an E2 mechanism, a bimolecular reaction occurs in which water acts as a base, abstracting a -hydrogen. The direction of the elimination reaction forming alkenes is typically governed by Zaitsev's rule. Zaitsev's rule states that the most highly substituted alkene will be formed ... ). This would cause the gas chromatographer to give a reading of air as one of the components. A second error could have happened if the tubing was not removed from the water bath b...

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... the second stanza produces strong imagery with "black", a dark overcast mood is created and with "blood baths", we see the red of killing, a horrible slippery red, splashing as though in a bath. The third main reference to war is in the fourth stanza, "my life when the murder by means of my / hands". This line shows that most people do not have ... / humanity", he is indicating that society could stop him from being human; if they stop him from being human they would turn him into a robot. A robot is a mechanical device which acts on what people tell it to do without thinking. They, soc...

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