Making Alkyl Halides From Alcohols
Making Alkyl Halides From Alcohols In today’s post we show that treating alcohols with HCl, HBr, or HI (which all fall under the catch-all term
Read moreMaking Alkyl Halides From Alcohols In today’s post we show that treating alcohols with HCl, HBr, or HI (which all fall under the catch-all term
Read moreCarbocation Rearrangements In Alkene Addition Reactions In exploring reactions that proceed along the carbocation pathway, every once in awhile you might see an example of
Read moreElimination Reactions (E1) That Occur With Rearrangements – Hydride Or Alkyl Shifts Where there are carbocations (see last post), rearrangement reactions are never far behind.
Read moreAlkyl Shifts In Carbocation Rearrangement Reactions, Including Ring Expansion Hydride shifts can sometimes occur when a more stable carbocation can be formed through migration of
Read moreThe Pinacol Rearrangement The pinacol rearrangement is an acid-catalyzed rearrangement of 1,2-diols (vicinal diols) The acid serves to protonate one of the hydroxyl groups, which
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