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100

This pattern for resonance structures contains a positive charge nearby a pi bond in a compound.

Allylic carbocation

100

SN2 reactions have a rate law that involves two chemical entities meaning the step is called this.

Bimolecular

100

These two reagents can be used to convert an alcohol into a good leaving group.

TsCl and pyridine

100

Superstitious sailors have long believed that killing this large seabird is bad luck.

An albatross

100

The cavity filling alloy called dental this contains half mercury and half other metals such as silver.

Amalgam

200

When water is mixed with hydrochloric acid, this product is referred to as the conjugate acid.

Hydronium (H3O+)

200

Adding an OH group to an alkene without carbocation rearrangement requires this reaction.

Oxymercuration-demercuration

200

In poker, 3 & 5 of hearts, 10 of clubs, jack of hearts, king of hearts is called a busted this.

A flush

200

Term for a formal agreement; it's also a Honda

Accord

200

In this poem, the hero is instructed to shun the frumious Bandersnatch.

Jabberwocky

300

These type of interactions are the reasoning behind the axial position's instability in cyclohexane.

1,3-diaxial interactions

300

These two reagents are responsible for cleaving an alkyne bond and creating carboxylic acids.

O3, H2O

300

This symbol of Halloween may have originated in Medieval Scotland & was originally carved from a large turnip.

Jack O Lantern

300

Milk is a colloid meaning a liquid with solid particles spread throughout; using vinegar, you can separate the solics, called curd, from the liquid, which is called this.

Whey

400

This term refers to chiral molecules' ability to rotate planes of polarized light.

Optically active

400

With a chlorine attached to a double bond as its monomer, this polymer is widely used for piping, shower curtains, and various plastics.

PVC (polyvinyl chloride)

400

A classic film in 1993 used this slogan: "An adventure 65 million years in the making."

Jurassic Park

400

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Moriarty went over these Swiss falls; only Holmes survived.

Reichenbach Falls

500

Types of projections named after its creator that are a quick and simple way to draw chiral centers.

Fischer

500

This term regarding green chemistry ensures that the maximum amount of atoms from the reagents are incorporated in the products.

Atom economy

500

On May 6, 1758, France hatched this politician who later hatched the Reign of Terror.

Robespierre

500

Abraham Lincoln once said "the ballot is stronger than the" blank.

Bullet