I was told that for electrolysis questions, it's best to just play safe and leave off states altogether (in electrolysis questions VCAA doesn't penalise you for not having states).
Dude are you sure? states were always emphasised as being seriously important in ensuring full marks for an equation. again i think we need someone with a more confident answer, it seems our teachers are teaching conflicting information. (this is why i think vcaa should write the textbooks, turn those study design points into full pages of info and sell it!)
and about the personal message, i thought it would make it easier for people to get my name. but not to easy
any tips on how to word answers to questions asking about how the HNMR supports the possible structure or whatever? I feel like there's so much you can refer to (splitting pattern, no. of environments, chemical shift, relative peak height) , but don't know how much and how to structure it. For reference, VCAA sample exam q4b.
i also have issues with this. so i tend to state the observation and say hence.
Two peaks indicate two different hydrogen
environments. hence a ch2 group is bonded to a ch3 group in the molecule.
3 peaks indicate only 3 different carbon environments
for the five carbon atoms. Hence some carbon atoms must be in
the same environment.
this can be quite challenging to word so just write on as every feature as much as you can. i think mentioning and briefly explaining your observation should be enough. however im the type of student to overwrite in these ambiguous situations so i understand why you struggle with wording. just remember the answer is never as hard as you think.
MOD EDIT: merged posts.
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