General Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Analytical/ Environmental
Inorganic, Quantum, physical
Hey?! That's not an Element!
100
What are the two elements in the title “Breaking Bad”?
Bromine (Br) and Barium (Ba)
100
What is the general name of a species that is electron-rich and is the species that attacks an electron-deficient atom?
Nucleophile
100
What are the units of m/z
Mass to charge
100
What is the name of the thought experiment that illustrates the paradox of quantum superposition?
Schrodinger’s cat
100
Molybdenum, Matthewium, Moscovium
Matthewium
200
What is the name of CsClO3?
Cesium chlorate
200
Define an enantiomer
Non-superimposable mirror image
200
What is a matrix?
The components of a sample other than the analyte of interest
200
What is the Aufbau (building-up) Principle?
Where electrons are added to orbitals in the order of lowest to highest energy.
200
Zinc, Zirconium, Zambonium
Zambonuim
300
What is the percentage of s-character present in an sp2 hybridized atom?
33%
300
What is Hückel’s Rule of Aromaticity?
4n+2 pi electrons, planar and cyclic
300
Radiative imbalance caused by species in the atmosphere
radiative forcing
300
Which atom has the highest ionization energy N or O? Why?
N has higher ionization energy than O due to nitrogen having a half filled orbital which makes it more stable and therefore harder to ionize.
300
Lokium, Thorium, Neptunium
Lokium
400
What is the highest electron configuration for Copper
3d10
400
Name this rearrangement:
[3,3] cope
400
Units of ozone thickness
What are dobson units
400
Crabtree’s Catalyst
400
Hafnium, Dumbium, Dysprosium
Dumbium
500
What is the term for the measure of the number of moles of solutes in 1 kg of solvent?
Molality
500
What is the Mobius electron rule for aromaticity?
4N pi electrons
500
Name three types of GC sample introduction methods
Liquid(direct injection), thermal desorption(TD), solid phase micro extraction(SPME),
500
The probability that a particle’s wave function can penetrate into a “classically forbidden” region is known as what phenomenon?
Quantum Tunneling
500
Germanium, Italium, Francium
Italium