Reactions of Grignard Reagents
All About The Reactions of Grignard Reagents Grignard reagents are excellent carbon-based nucleophiles as well as strong bases. They will add to aldehydes and ketones
Read moreAll About The Reactions of Grignard Reagents Grignard reagents are excellent carbon-based nucleophiles as well as strong bases. They will add to aldehydes and ketones
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 moreRing-opening of epoxides with basic nucleophiles Epoxides are cyclic ethers with considerable ring strain (about 13 kcal/mol) Epoxides undergo reaction with nucleophiles under basic conditions
Read morem-Chloroperoxybenzoic Acid (m-CPBA) For The Epoxidation of Alkenes m-CPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid) is a useful reagent for the formation of epoxides from alkenes (note – often
Read moreGrignard Reagents: Their Formation, Reactions, And Reaction Mechanisms Today’s reagent is one that most students have experience in making at some point or another. Grignard
Read moreLast time we talked about how some interesting electronic effects can lead to unexpected results in organic chemistry. Today we look at three examples of
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