Reactions on the “Benzylic” Carbon: Bromination And Oxidation
The carbon adjacent to an aromatic ring – the “benzylic” carbon – can participate in several useful and interesting reactions. Today we’ll provide examples and
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Alkene Addition Pattern #2: The “Three-Membered Ring” Pathway
The “Three-Membered Ring” Pathway In The Mechanisms of Reactions of Alkenes In the last post we walked through a proposal for how the bromination of
Read moreAn Arrow-Pushing Dilemma In Concerted Reactions
Up to now, drawing out reaction mechanisms using the curved arrow formalism has been fairly straightforward. Yes, sometimes there is some ambiguity with respect to
Read moreAnother awesome example of acid catalysis: Acids catalyze keto-enol tautomerism
Between posts on tautomerism and on lewis acid catalysis, I neglected to mention a really important point in carbonyl chemistry that illustrates another facet of
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