Rearrangement Reactions (1) – Hydride Shifts
Rearrangement Reactions: Substitution Reactions With Hydride Shifts In this post we cover several examples of reactions where carbocations form… but then a funny thing happens.
Read moreRearrangement Reactions: Substitution Reactions With Hydride Shifts In this post we cover several examples of reactions where carbocations form… but then a funny thing happens.
Read moreWhat Factors Affect Free-Radical Stability? In the last post we introduced free radicals – neutral, electron-deficient chemical species with a partially filled orbital – and
Read moreUnderstanding The 7 Key Factors That Stabilize Negative Charge (And Ultimately, Basicity) Like I wrote about in a previous post, it’s good – but not
Read moreFive Key Factors That Affect Acidity Today we’ll talk about what’s behind the trends in acidity for different molecules and discuss the most important factors
Read moreStabilization Of Positive Charge In Organic Chemistry: 7 Key Factors Just to clarify: make sure you’re familiar with how formal charge can mislead before you
Read moreIntroduction To Resonance Last time we talked about how to use electronegativity to find the electron densities in a molecule – and when to ignore
Read moreCurved Arrows And Resonance Structures Previously in this series on resonance, we saw that resonance forms represent two (or more) different ways to draw the
Read moreEvaluating Resonance Forms – The Rule Of Least Charges So far we’ve introduced resonance, and introduced the curved arrow formalism to show the movement of
Read moreFinding The Best (And Second-Best) Resonance Structures By Applying Electronegativity The last time I talked about evaluating resonance structures the molecules were, to be honest
Read moreEvaluating Resonance Structures With Negative Charges: Some Key Principles So far in discussing resonance forms we’ve mentioned two important principles that govern which resonance form
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