Answer:
Option (A) : Positive
Explanation:
A combustion reaction will always be associated with a change in entropy that is Positive due to the gaseous products released. Hence, there is a large positive entropy change.
First off, you should be looking at the whole world, not just the northeastern US. Are other regions warming? Can you provide proof that simply because the northeast received a lot of snow and low temperatures, climate change is not a viable theory?
Answer:
(R)-but-3-en-2-ylbenzene
Explanation:
In this reaction, we have a very <u>strong base</u> (<em>sodium ethoxide</em>). This base, will remove a hydrogen producing a double bond. We know that the reaction occurs through an <u>E2 mechanism</u>, therefore, the hydrogen that is removed must have an <u>angle of 180º</u> with respect to the leaving group (the "OH"). This is known as the <u>anti-periplanar configuration</u>.
The hydrogen that has this configuration is the one that placed with the <u>dashed bond</u> (<em>red hydrogen</em>). In such a way, that the base will remove this hydrogen, the "OH" will leave the molecule and a double bond will be formed between the methyl and the carbon that was previously attached to the "OH", producing the molecule (R) -but-3- en-2-ylbenzene.
See figure 1
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