BRAINLIEST PLUS 25 POINTS The particles of a substance stay close together but slide past one another as they move. When thermal energy is removed from the substance, the particles are forced into fixed positions by their attraction to one another. What change in state has occurred?
A: Gas to solid
B: Liquid to solid
C: Gas to liquid
D: Solid to liquid

The scheme below is from a series of reactions that are part of a synthesis of vitamin a. answer the following questions with reference to this scheme. (i) what is "reagent a"? (ii) draw a step-by-step mechanism which explains the formation of compound c from compound b (iii) which reagents would you use to form compound e from compounds c and d (reagents b and c)? for each reagent suggested above in (ii) explain the role of the reagent in the reaction to (iv) form compound e. you may wish to do this by drawing a mechanism. 1. addition of reagent a но reagent a 2. н,о" thо oh нон-с compound a. compound b. compound c .ch-оh 1. reagent b "сно 2. reagent c сh oh compound e. compound d.