Chemistry in a Nutshell

Master chemistry with a former Case Western Reserve University instructor. Stop surviving chemistry and start commanding it. As a PhD chemist and educator with a decade of experience across universities and community colleges, I realized students don't need more lectures: They need better systems. I create the high-fidelity, lightboard-driven videos I wish I had as a student: step-by-step methods that eliminate guesswork.

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

A tertiary alkyl halide + strong base = ? Which mechanism dominates?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which ochem skill is the biggest "game changer" for your grade?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

What type of bond results from the head-on-head overlap of s orbitals?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

True or False: Marie Curie carried test tubes of radium in her pocket because she loved watching them glow in the dark.

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

Which of the following is classified as an ether?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

How old is a bottle of wine if the tritium (³H) content is 25% that of a new wine? (The half-life of tritium is 12.5 years.)

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

Why does propanol (CH₃CH₂CH₂OH) have a significantly higher boiling point than methane (CH₄)?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

UPDATE: Thanks for all the great suggestions on where to send my textbook stash! After looking at the options, I've decided to send these to the International Book Project.

As a professor, it's painful to see good books go to waste. I'm covering the shipping cost to get these to their headquarters, but if you want to support their mission to get this into classrooms that need them the most, you can chip in here: intlbookproject.org/make-a-donation/

p.s. The cat is strictly for moral support and is not included in the donation.🐾

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

CH₃(CH₂)₂₉CH₃, a component found in paraffin wax, is a solid at room temperature while CH₃(CH₂)₆CH₃ is a liquid. Which intermolecular force is predominantly responsible for the difference?

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

In the Lewis Dot structure for hydrofluoric acid (HF), how many lone pairs of electrons are drawn around the fluorine?

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