Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Introduction
The Six Key Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions In electrophilic aromatic substitution a C-H bond is broken and a new C-E bond (E being an electrophilic
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More On 1,2 and 1,4 Additions To Dienes
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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Free Radical Reactions – Chlorination of Methane Alkanes are pretty boring, chemically speaking. They don’t tend to undergo many reactions. However, when they are treated
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How Many Monochlorination Isomers Are Formed From Free-Radical Chlorination Of Alkanes? Last time we covered a comparatively simple reaction: free-radical chlorination of methane to (CH4)
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Free Radical Chlorination: Selectivity This post is all about the selectivity of free-radical halogenation: what does “selectivity” mean, anyway? And how do we calculate it? It’s often
Read moreHalogenation 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
Read moreAlkyne Halogenation: Bromination and Chlorination of Alkynes
Halogenation of Alkynes With Br2 and Cl2 Like alkenes, alkynes can undergo halogenation with Cl2, and Br2 When 1 equivalent of the halogen is used,
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Bromination, Chlorination, and Halohydrin Formation from Alkenes Alkenes undergo halogenation when treated with Cl2, Br2 and (less commonly) I2 to give vicinal dihalides These reactions
Read moreAlkene Addition Pattern #2: The “Three-Membered Ring” Pathway
The “Three-Membered Ring” Pathway In Alkene Mechanisms: Halogenation, Oxymercuration, Halohydrin Formation, and Acidic Epoxide Opening In the last post we walked through a proposal for
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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