What’s The Alpha Carbon In Carbonyl Compounds?
Alpha Carbon? Beta Carbon? Alpha, Beta Unsaturated Carbonyl? Making it through the chemistry of carbonyl derivatives (ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters, and more) there are
Read moreAlpha Carbon? Beta Carbon? Alpha, Beta Unsaturated Carbonyl? Making it through the chemistry of carbonyl derivatives (ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters, and more) there are
Read moreIf Org 2 has an overall theme, it’s “resonance”. Today’s post has a very simple message. Atoms with lone pairs, π bonds, radicals, and carbocations can
Read moreHow To Draw The Molecular Orbitals of The Allyl Cation, Allyl Radical And Allyl Anion Drawing the molecular orbitals of a pi system like allyl
Read moreKinetic Versus Thermodynamic Control In Addition of HBr to Dienes: 1,2- and 1,4- Addition In today’s post we’ll discuss 1,2- and 1,4- addition to dienes
Read moreThermodynamic vs Kinetic Products In Purchasing Decisions (And Addition To Dienes) A post about getting what you pay for, and how that translates to “kinetic
Read moreTwo More Diene Reactions: Free-Radical Addition of HBr to Dienes, and Addition of Br2 to Dienes In an earlier post we covered 1,2 and 1,4
Read more“s-cis and s-trans conformations of dienes.” What does those terms mean? The “s–cis” is a conformation where both double bonds are on the same side
Read moreToday we’ll cover how to tell endo– and exo- products apart in the Diels-Alder reaction. Shortcut below. For the long-winded walkthrough with lots of examples, read more below. Table
Read more[Advanced] Secondary Orbital Interactions – A Rationale For Why Endo Products Are Favored In The Diels-Alder Reaction In our last post, we noted that endo products tend to be
Read moreRegiochemistry (“Regioselectivity”) In The Diels-Alder Reaction The Diels-Alder is an onion, and we just keep peeling back the layers. When non-symmetrical dienes react with non-symmetrical
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