Initiation, Propagation, Termination
Initiation, Propagation, and Termination In Free Radical Reactions In the previous post on free radical substitution reactions we talked about why heat or light is
Read moreMonochlorination Products Of Propane, Pentane, And Other Alkanes
How Many Monochlorination Isomers Are Formed From Free-Radical Chlorination Of Alkanes? Last time we covered a comparatively simple reaction: free-radical chlorination of methane to (CH4)
Read moreSelectivity In Free Radical Reactions
Free Radical Chlorination: Selectivity This post is all about the selectivity of free-radical halogenation: what does “selectivity” mean, anyway? And how do we calculate it? It’s often
Read moreThe Best Way To Spend Your First Two Weeks In Organic Chem
Advice on some topics on the internet can be so laughably bad. One example that immediately comes to mind is finding a job. How
Read moreSelectivity in Free Radical Reactions: Bromination vs. Chlorination
The Selectivity of Free-Radical Bromination vs Chlorination. A Detailed Answer In last article on radicals (See Article – Selectivity in Free Radical Reactions) we saw
Read moreOrganic Chemistry For the MCAT
Many students taking organic chemistry one day plan to write the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). A common question students have for me is what
Read moreSuccess Stories: How Stu Aced Organic Chemistry
I recently got an email from a reader, Stu (not his real name) who told me he got an A in Organic Chemistry 1, and
Read moreHalogenation At Tiffany’s
Thinking Through The Selectivity of Bromination vs Chlorination: An Intuitive Analogy As we discussed in the last post on radicals, bromine radicals are considerably more
Read moreAllylic Bromination
Allylic Bromination and Benzylic Bromination: What Is It, And How Does It Work? In previous articles on radicals, we’ve seen how bromine (Br2) can selectively
Read moreBonus Topic: Allylic Rearrangements
Allylic Rearrangements – Allylic Bromination With Rearrangement In allylic bromination reactions, the C-H bond of an allylic carbon breaks, and a new C-Br bond is
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