Laterite Soil
Laterite is a type of rock and soil that is abundant in iron and aluminium and is typically associated with hot and humid tropical regions. Due to its high concentration …
Solvay Process
Solvay Process is a process of producing soda from salt. It involves introducing carbon dioxide into the brine, which leads to the formation of sodium bicarbonate. This substance is subsequently heated …
Collin’s Reagent
Collin’s reagent, which consists of dipyridine-complex chromium(VI) oxide in dichloromethane, is utilized to specifically transform primary alcohols into aldehydes through oxidation. It can accommodate various functional groups present in the …
Holozoic Nutrition
Holozoic nutrition refers to a form of heterotrophic nutrition where an organism consumes complex organic food materials by ingesting them, followed by digestion and absorption of the nutrients into its …
Hinsberg Reagent
Hinsberg reagent or benzene sulfonyl chloride is a reagent utilized in the Hinsberg test to differentiate primary, secondary, and tertiary amines present in a given sample. Hinsberg Reagents formula is …
Nessler’s Reagent
The Nessler reagent, or potassium tetraiodomercurate, is composed of potassium cations and an anion called tetraiodomercurate (II). Its molecular formula can be represented as [K2(HgI4)]. Julius Nessler, a German chemist, …
De Morgan’s Law
De Morgan’s Law is one of the crucial laws in sets. Various operations are performed on sets like complement, union and intersection. These operations and their usage are further simplified …
Schiff Reagent
Schiff reagent(C19H21N3S2O7.4H2O) is a compound that results from the reaction between sodium bisulfite and fuchsin(C20H19N3.HCl), a magenta-coloured dye. It is commonly used as a chemical test to identify the presence …
Aldol Condensation Reaction
The Aldol condensation reaction is a well-known organic reaction that involves the synthesis of β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds from aldehydes or ketones. This reaction was first discovered by French chemist Charles-Adolphe …
Gabriel Phthalimide Synthesis
The Gabriel Phthalimide Synthesis is a chemical reaction, commonly used to convert primary alkyl halides into primary amines. In 1887, Siegmund Gabriel, a German chemist, along with his partner James …