Lithium Aluminum Hydride (LAH, LiAlH4) For the Reduction of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) is a strong reducing agent similar to, but stronger
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How To Recognize Primary, Secondary, Tertiary (and sometimes Quaternary) Hydrocarbons, Carbocations, Alkyl Halides, Alcohols, Amines, and Amides. Primary (1°), secondary (2°), tertiary (3°) and quaternary
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Imines – Their Properties, Formation, Reactions, and Mechanisms Imines are the nitrogen analogues of aldehydes and ketones, containing a C=N bond instead of a C=O
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The reason why I harp on organic chemistry as boiling down to “nucleophile attacks electrophile” is because it’s a greatly simplifying way to look at
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Chemical nomenclature can be frustrating to learn. It’s a series of conventions which have been patched together over a long period of time, some of
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