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epoxides

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

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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

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Epoxide Ring Opening With Base

Ring-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

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m-CPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid)

m-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

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