Chemistry A-Level
Structure–property relationships
What Structure–property relationships means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Structure–property relationships
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Explaining a property such as basicity or solubility by reference to structure, for example lone-pair availability or hydrogen bonding.
Topics that use Structure–property relationships
Related terms
- Basicity of amines
- Carbonyl group distinction
- Comparison with literature data
- Distillation
- Distillation apparatus
- Filtration under reduced pressure
- Functional group identification
- Functional group recognition
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