Success Stories: How Kari Went From C– to B+
In this week’s success story, reader Kari writes in from a large university in Minnesota, saying, “I really underestimated the power of group study until
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The Chemical Formula For Poop (Among Other Things) Some days you might feel like you can’t escape organic chemistry. You leave the lecture hall and
Read moreGeometric Isomers In Small Rings: Cis And Trans Cycloalkanes
Geometric Isomers: Cis vs Trans Cycloalkanes In the last post, we mentioned that one of the consequences of the fact that carbon can form rings
Read moreCalculation of Ring Strain In Cycloalkanes
Ring Strain In Cycloalkanes (1) – Calculation of Ring Strain This post is all about how ring strain is calculated. If you want more specific
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Ring Strain In Cyclopropane and Cyclobutane In the last post we saw that cyclopropane and cyclobutane have an unusually high “ring strain” of 27.6 kcal/mol
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Conformations of Cyclohexane (and Cyclopentane) In the last post, we saw that ring strain of cyclopropane and cyclobutane were 27 and 26 kcal/mol respectively. They
Read moreCyclohexane Chair Conformation: An Aerial Tour
A Fly-by Of The Cyclohexane Chair Conformation Sometimes words just don’t do the job, so I built a model of the cyclohexane chair and took
Read moreHow To Draw The Cyclohexane Chair Conformation
How To Easily Draw Your First Cyclohexane Chair Using the “Parallelogram Technique” Now that we’ve had an aerial tour of the cyclohexane chair, we’re going to
Read moreThe Cyclohexane Chair Flip
The Cyclohexane Chair Flip All about how to draw the product of a cyclohexane chair flip – and also, three ways not to! The Two
Read moreThe Cyclohexane Chair Flip – Energy Diagram
Energy Diagram Of The Cyclohexane Chair Flip In the last post, we showed a video of a cyclohexane ring flip – turning a cyclohexane chair
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