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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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How to do this one?
I form the table but then I don't know what to do (which values for P and Q?)

This requires a bit of trial and error. The answer is D.
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but why? why wud that be not correct?

For enthalpy change of formation, the arrow must point from the individual constituents to the final product. If the arrow is in the opposite direction, the enthalpy change will have the same magnitude but opposite direction.
 
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help with this please

This is a tricky one. The question asks how many product molecules have the ketone functional group, not how many ketone functional groups there are. Therefore, the 2 parts on either side will form one molecule each with 2 ketone groups. Add that to the 4 in the middle and you have 6.
 
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The answer is A.

From the diagram and the arrow showing the enthalpy change of formation, we can conclude that the bottommost layer is CO2(g).

Thus, the second from bottom level has to be Option C, which shows the elements in their standard states. Working our way upwards, we can see that the change from Option B to Option A is an enthalpy change of vaporisation, which is positive. Therefore, A is the top level.
oh.. I get your point but why not B?
 
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