Saturday, April 22, 2017

organic chemistry - Why are radical intermediates are more stable on tertiary carbons?


Is this because there's more electron density? More carbons around means the tertiary carbon "has more electrons around it"?




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periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

Apparently the of last four, $\ce{Mg^2+}$ is closest in radius to $\ce{Li+}$. Is this true, and if so, why would a whole larger shell ($\ce{...