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  1. W

    In the event of a hypothetical war/conflict, should an Iranian-American candidate apply as "white" or "other-Iranian" or "other-middle eastern"?

    Hi all, I hope this isn't a stupid question but the recent political turmoil between the USA and Iran has got me on edge. I know in an ideal world your ethnicity shouldn't matter but we all remember Japanese interment and I am worried about bias against middle eastern (specially Iranians)...
  2. M

    Nucleophilicity vs. Basicity

    From my (perhaps flawed) understanding... It seems like the same general factors govern nucleophilicity (kinetic term related to reaction rate) and basicity (thermodynamic term related to acid/base equilibrium position). Of course, the same molecule can act as either a nucleophile (nucleophilic...
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