... " is the hydrolysis of an ester in basic solution. The term means soap making, and is commonly applied to the reaction used to make soap. -There are covalent bonds in organic chemistry. -No, organic compounds do not make good electrolytes b/c they don't conduct electricity. -Reactions of hydrocarbons are combustion, substitution, esterfication, and polymerization. Chapter 24 cont ... . -There are covalent bonds in organic chemistry. -No, organic compounds do not make good electrolytes b/c they don't conduct electricity. -Reactions of hydrocarbons are combustion, substitution, esterficati...

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... water. Therefore, ionic compounds are good conductors. A molecular compound is composed of non-metals. The two atoms share electrons rather than stealing them from another. When they share, they form a covalent bond. All the elements in Group 18 do not share electrons. Hence, they don't form compounds. Molecular compounds can either be solid, liquid, or gas in room temperature. The main ... example would be iron. Iron(II) has two positive ion while iron(III) has three positive ions Molecular compounds are more difficult to name because the atoms combine through covalent bonds and not io...

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... . This may be because it has interesting chemical and physical properties; it can be found naturally in all three of its states. However its molecules are bonded together by hydrogen bonds, this raises its melting and boiling points, i.e. its boiling point would be -120??C rather than 100??C. Also because it contains slightly negatively charged oxygen atoms and slightly positively charged hydrogen ... atoms making it polar. Water has been called a universal solvent because of it polarity. This means it can easily ionise substances, Many compounds, whether ionic, polar or covalent will di...

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... . This may be because it has interesting chemical and physical properties; it can be found naturally in all three of its states. However its molecules are bonded together by hydrogen bonds, this raises its melting and boiling points, i.e. its boiling point would be -120 C rather than 100 C. Also because it contains slightly negatively charged oxygen atoms and slightly positively charged hydrogen ... atoms making it polar. Water has been called a universal solvent because of it polarity. This means it can easily ionise substances, many compounds, whether ionic, polar or covalent will diss...

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