The “Cope Elimination” is a reaction where an amine is oxidized to an intermediate called an “N-oxide”, which, when heated, acts as the base in an intramolecular elimination reaction. Treating …
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The Cope EliminationPosted on: Sep 24, 2018
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (2) - ArynesPosted on: Sep 17, 2018
Classification of Isomers: Constitutional Isomers, Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, and DiPosted on: Sep 10, 2018
Diels-Alder Reaction: Kinetic and Thermodynamic ControlPosted on: Sep 03, 2018
The Wolff-Kishner, Clemmensen, And Other Sidechain ReductionsPosted on: Aug 27, 2018
said in Alcohols (3) – Acidity and Basicity - Any meaningful way to spread out the charge density (ex. resonance or "polarizability") takes precedence. F... →
said in Introduction to Assigning (R) and (S): The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - Shoot. You are right. Thanks for the catch. Fixed! →
said in Introduction to Assigning (R) and (S): The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - The molecule used to explain the dot technique is labelled as 3-ethyl-3-methyloctane, however shouldn't the ... →
said in Imines and Enamines - I don't believe scavenging water is necessary since once the imine is reduced, it will be stable and will not re... →
About Master Organic Chemistry
After doing a PhD in organic synthesis at McGill and a postdoc at MIT, I applied for faculty positions at universities and it didn’t work out, yada yada yada. So I decided to teach organic chemistry anyway! Master Organic Chemistry is the resource I wish I had when I was learning the subject.
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