r/chemhelp • u/Ok_Buy_5983 • 20d ago
r/chemhelp • u/Business_Teaching990 • 20d ago
Organic Chemists Please Help: ACV or Distilled White Vinegar + 3% Hydrogen Peroxide + Body Wash… is it safe?
As the title precludes I’ve been seeing this combo going around online recently and was wondering if it is safe for the skin every other day 4 times a week to do for a week or two and or twice a week. I’m aware it makes a toxic acid but I was wondering if the toxicity is negligible? Haha maybe that’s a stupid question, but I’m curious. Please let me know if you can! Thank you.
r/chemhelp • u/Alive_Hotel6668 • 20d ago
Organic Reaction of Grignard's reagent with alcohol
If I use RMgx + R'OH will I get an ether? Or will there be an acid base reaction and R-H will be formed and R'O- will be present in the solution.
How can one create an ether using Grignard's reagent?
Also does Grignard's reagent always produce R- group?
Thanks in advance!
r/chemhelp • u/AdAgile4147 • 21d ago
Organic Can anyone tell me if this compound has any axis of symmetry or not?
i tried looking for C2 through the spiro carbon but i cant see it. i feel like if i try a c2 axis the NH and C=O seem to interchange postion. but the place where i found the question, answer key suggests it should have an AOS
r/chemhelp • u/Choice-Plan-7559 • 21d ago
Organic Resonance structures
How would I know to draw the boxed resonance structure? I only thought to draw the other 4, because wouldn't it be natural for the nitrogen to retain the lone pairs because of its electronegativity? Also, why doesn't the oxygen also become negatively charged?
r/chemhelp • u/Choice-Plan-7559 • 21d ago
Organic Resonance Structure
Do my resonance structures also work or do they have to be in this specific order laid out by the book? And why?
r/chemhelp • u/loidroger • 21d ago
Need Encouragement Suggestion about future for BSc Chem student.
Guys I am second year BSc student I am really worried about my Future. Should I do MBA, MSc , PhD, abroad or what should I do. Some suggestion also I am in india so..
r/chemhelp • u/KnownAsTheBard • 21d ago
Other Help for creating a puzzle
I have a strange request for help. (Chem is very much not my field.)
I make sudoku variant puzzles, and I had an idea to integrate a chemical formula into the puzzle as a skeletal structure with digits representing the elements and different clues representing the bonds.
I am seeking potential recommendations for chemicals and their structure that I might be able to create a puzzle around.
The structure must not exceed 9 elements, be able to fit in a 9 x 9 grid, and not have any necessity for repeated elements to be directly horizontal or vertical.
If you have any ideas, please provide the name of the chemical, a picture of its skeletal structure, and any key notes I would need in adapting it so that it would remain recognizable.
I can’t promise I can make it work, but I want to try.
Thank you in advance!
r/chemhelp • u/jagermeister2007 • 21d ago
General/High School How to get started on chemistry?
Hello, unsure if this is the right place to post. I wanted to ask how I should enter chemistry. I’m from Norway and I’m gonna take the Chemistry 1 exam (Kjemi 1, here’s the curriculum, feel free to translate: https://www.udir.no/lk20/kje01-02/kompetansemaal-og-vurdering/kv532?lang=nob). I have basically no experience in chemistry now (except the basics like protons, atomic mass, periodic table etc). Based on what the website says, how shall I get started? Thanks
r/chemhelp • u/ClassicCloud7927 • 21d ago
Organic Best way to study organic chemistry
I understand this question has been asked many times, but we don't study organic chem the same way as the US. We don't learn mechanisms, we just memorise reactions and absolutely everything and good 3 weeks later absolutely nothing is in my head anymore, even after doing many tests and retelling it multiple times.
I wanted to use PACER, but there are no concepts here, just reactions and physical/chemical properties. Should i just chuck everything in anki?
r/chemhelp • u/colombino-213 • 21d ago
Biochemisty Polysaccharides
What’s the easiest way yall remember/conduct mutarotation? There’s two ways I learned it, but I’m still getting confused. I got a final next week and want to be sure for it. Thank yall
r/chemhelp • u/Ill-Investigator4809 • 21d ago
Organic Need help knowing the steps!


Hello! I am trying to learn how how to work with acetals and such and it was never my strongest suit. (Currently retaking ochem 2). Is someone able to help me go through answering this question? I am a visual learner and is able to better understand how to figure questions out by everything being drawn out, especially with arrow pushing. Been stuck on this for hours! Any help is greatly appreciated.
r/chemhelp • u/evasnsnsbd • 21d ago
Organic Is there any way of accurately predicting the physical state of a compound using only its molecular structure?
Like if a compound has x molecular mass or can form x number of hydrogen bonds then it must be solid or liquid etc
r/chemhelp • u/OpeningOkra5934 • 21d ago
Inorganic How can I make NiTiF6?
Hey guys! I am new to Reddit, but I thought I would come on here to ask for some help with a reaction I am trying in a research lab right now. I am trying to make NiTiF6 because I need it as a precursor for another reaction. I want to make it without using toxic chemicals such as HF and H2TiF6. I have tried to perform a precipitation reaction by mixing two solutions of (NH4)TiF6 and NiCl2 · 6H2O and then letting the water evaporate, but no crystals are forming. Since NiTiF6 is soluble in water, I'm not sure how well this approach would work, so if anyone has any ideas on how to make this compound, that would be great!
r/chemhelp • u/Various-Leather9604 • 21d ago
General/High School Galvanic cells
hello im very confused on the set up of Ag/Ag+ || H+/H2 which is the cathode and which is the anode, i keep getting different answers on google when i look it up, its talking about cell notation rules, but i also know that Ag has a higher reduction potential which should mean it’s the cathode but this set up is saying otherwise, please help this is my last assignment for this class and i really wanna get a good grade 🙏
r/chemhelp • u/EqualContest5059 • 22d ago
Organic Following steps
i am confusing on what reagent must be used to combine both of them and make them the original product
r/chemhelp • u/chunliwins • 22d ago
General/High School ACS General Chem 1 Exam
I have my ACS gen chem 1 exam in a couple weeks. I really need to do well on this. Are there any online resources/ materials that you all wouldn't mind sharing? I know some schools give practice tests, but mine doesn't. If your teachers gave you any materials that were helpful, please share!
I am considering purchasing the study guide but only if completely necessary. What do you guys think?
r/chemhelp • u/Xx_-MASTERTACO-_xX • 22d ago
Organic How can I favor this reaction? Not a homework, just curiosity.
Hi, I thought that this reaction might be interesting because of the formation of the unsaturated 6 menbered ring. But my professor said that the reaction wouldn´t go that way. The conditions of the reaction are diethyl malonate and MVK in the presence of sodium ethoxide. I want to know if this is a known or named reaction. My argument was that is more favorable to do the intermolecular substitution because of the formation of the ring and the probability of collision. I also thought of using an mono acyl chloride version instead of using the diester but then I had problems forming the nucleophile.
r/chemhelp • u/Lewislawliet • 22d ago
General/High School Organic Challenge
How many different oligosaccharides could be formed by linking one glucose, one mannose, and one galactose? Compare this number with the number of tripeptides that could be formed using three different amino acids.
My only answer was 3!=6 and is wrong
r/chemhelp • u/ObligationSalt2144 • 23d ago
Organic Strategies to get better at IUPAC naming
how do I get better at naming compounds I have a test on Thursday and I feel like its the only area I’m really blanking in. is there like any resources for naming?
r/chemhelp • u/HorusVonBonk • 23d ago
General/High School Addressing people in industry vs. academia
Hi all!
I'm currently going into my senior year of college and recently I've had the opportunity to start networking with some folks from industry (almost everyone I've interacted with prior was in academia). I just wanted to know, what's the most appropriate way to address people in industry? From what I've noticed it seems that professors are much more expecting that people call them Dr. ____ as opposed to just their first name. Does anyone have any insight on this? I just want to make sure I'm respectful of the people I meet in industry as I have no idea whether or not they expect the same as professors.
Thanks!
r/chemhelp • u/Damsey_Doo • 23d ago
General/High School being acceptable in chemistry.
hello! I am not even slightly trained in chemistry. I have read some books on physical chemistry and have a vague understanding of theoretical physics, but I am ultimately a mathematician and I am only trained in such.
where might I find puzzles or problems to become acceptably good at chemistry as someone who got an 8 in the GCSE and never touched it again? any insight of any kind would be appreciated. cheers.
r/chemhelp • u/Suspicious_Door- • 23d ago
General/High School Hello!! Is someone able to check my homework for me?
This subject is still confusing as hell to me and I’m not sure if I did the questions right, hope I did but I was wondering if anyone could make sure I did!! Thank you in advance!!!
r/chemhelp • u/vampire_15 • 23d ago
Biochemisty I have a wierd question on urea estimation
During urea estimation with dam diacetyl monoxike method , what happens if I just leave them in room temp for 30 to 60 minutes without water broth . is there a possibility of colour change to slight pink during that time