What To Expect In Organic Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry 2 Is Largely About “Resonance” A large part of organic chemistry 1 is devoted to laying the foundations: introducing structural concepts such as
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Are these molecules conjugated?
If Org 2 has an overall theme, it’s “resonance”. Today’s post has a very simple message. Atoms with lone pairs, π bonds, radicals, and carbocations can
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Conjugation In Organic Chemistry: Definition, Examples, Exploration, and Consequences This is the first in a series of posts that cover conjugation, pi systems, molecular orbital
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Bonding And Antibonding Orbitals For A Simple Pi Bond Two adjacent p-orbitals each containing an electron can overlap to form a pi-bond In a pi
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How To Draw The Molecular Orbitals of The Allyl Cation, Allyl Radical And Allyl Anion Drawing the molecular orbitals of a pi system like allyl
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The Molecular Orbital Diagram of Butadiene, And How To Build It Butadiene is a conjugated diene consisting of two adjacent pi-bonds and comprised of 4 p-orbitals and
Read moreReactions of Dienes: 1,2 and 1,4 Addition
Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Control In Addition of HBr to Dienes: 1,2- and 1,4- Addition In today’s post we’ll discuss 1,2- and 1,4- addition to dienes
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Thermodynamic vs Kinetic Products In Purchasing Decisions (And Addition To Dienes) A post about getting what you pay for, and how that translates to “kinetic
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Two More Diene Reactions: Free-Radical Addition of HBr to Dienes, and Addition of Br2 to Dienes In an earlier post we covered 1,2 and 1,4
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“s-cis and s-trans conformations of dienes.” What does those terms mean? The “s–cis” is a conformation where both double bonds are on the same side
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