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IB DP Chemistry R3.2 L14 | Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions: Competing Electrode Reactions | Lesson Walkthrough

Predict competing electrode reactions during electrolysis of aqueous solutions.

Design an electroplating cell and justify the choice of electrodes and electrolyte.

Explain radical formation through homolytic bond fission and distinguish it from heterolytic fission.

Construct radical substitution mechanisms using initiation, propagation and termination steps.

Identify nucleophiles as electron-pair donors in organic reactions.

Predict nucleophilic substitution products and explain bond formation and leaving groups.

Use curly arrows to track electron-pair movement and identify electrophiles and heterolytic fission.

Predict products of electrophilic addition to alkenes.

Identify Lewis acids and bases and explain coordinate bond formation.

Explain ligands and complex ions through electron-pair donation to transition-metal ions.