Halogenation 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
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Allylic Bromination
Allylic Bromination and Benzylic Bromination: What Is It, And How Does It Work? In previous posts on radicals, we’ve seen how bromine can selectively react
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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
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
Read moreSynthesis (2) – Reactions of Alkanes
Reactions of Alkanes (There Aren’t Many) In this post we’re going to begin building our reaction map, starting with the simplest organic compounds of all:
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