Opening of Epoxides With Acid
Opening Epoxides With Aqueous Acid Epoxides can undergo ring-opening with nucleophiles under acidic conditions. In this reaction, the epoxide oxygen is protonated first, making it
Read moreOpening Epoxides With Aqueous Acid Epoxides can undergo ring-opening with nucleophiles under acidic conditions. In this reaction, the epoxide oxygen is protonated first, making it
Read moreBromination, Chlorination, and Halohydrin Formation from Alkenes Alkenes undergo halogenation when treated with Cl2, Br2 and (less commonly) I2 to give vicinal dihalides These reactions
Read moreThe “Three-Membered Ring” Pathway In Alkene Mechanisms: Halogenation, Oxymercuration, Halohydrin Formation, and Acidic Epoxide Opening In the last post we walked through a proposal for
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