Alkynes Are A Blank Canvas
Alkynes: The Gateway To Organic Synthesis Now that we’ve gone through all the major reactions of alkynes, we can take a step back and look
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Here’s another great example of how one reagent used in a certain context performs one thing, and in a different context performs a completely different
Read moreIn Summary: Free Radicals
A Summary Of Topics For Free-Radical Reactions So what have we learned in this series about free radicals? Lots of things. We’ve seen that they
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The other day while going through Claisen condensations with a student, we came upon this pretty typical problem: The student duly deprotonated the alpha carbon
Read moreHydration of Alkenes With Aqueous Acid
Hydration of Alkenes to Give Alcohols When alkenes are treated with aqueous acid (H3O+) they can be converted to alcohols. Formation of the new C-OH
Read moreRearrangements in Alkene Addition Reactions
Carbocation Rearrangements In Alkene Addition Reactions Alkene addition reactions that go through carbocation intermediates (such as addition of HCl, HBr, HI and H3O+) may occur
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – The banking crisis in Cyprus deepened over the weekend, as the Proton Bank, a lender with 31 branches in Greece and Cyprus,
Read morePlanning Organic Synthesis With “Reaction Maps”
Organic Synthesis: A Little Bit Like Planning A Trip, But With Functional Groups As “Airports” And Reactions As “Flights”. By this point we’ve gone over
Read moreHalogenation of Alkenes and Halohydrin Formation
Bromination, Chlorination, and Halohydrin Formation from Alkenes Alkenes undergo halogenation when treated with Cl2, Br2 and (less commonly) I2 to give vicinal dihalides These reactions
Read moreOxymercuration Demercuration of Alkenes
Oxymercuration Demercuration of Alkenes Treatment of alkenes with mercury (II) salts and water leads to the addition of water and mercury across the C-C pi
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