Explain the Octet Rule.

100mg magnesium reacts with 20ml of 1.0m hcl

Sodium nitrite (nano2) reacted with 2−iodooctane to give a mixture of two constitutionally isomeric compounds of molecular formula c8h17no2 in a combined yield of 88%. draw reasonable structures for these two isomers. click the "draw structure" button to launch the drawing utility. place the two compounds in the appropriate boxes below.

Air can be considered a mixture. which statement does not explain why?