Common Mistakes: Formal Charges Can Mislead
Sometimes The “Formal Charge” Does Not Accurately Represent The Electron Density Around An Atom! Formal charges have their plusses and minuses. Har har. In many
Read moreSometimes The “Formal Charge” Does Not Accurately Represent The Electron Density Around An Atom! Formal charges have their plusses and minuses. Har har. In many
Read moreThere’s a hidden layer of detail beneath chemical structures that students new to organic chemistry often miss. I’m talking about partial charges. Although each of
Read moreActivating and Deactivating Groups in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution The rate of electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) reactions is greatly affected by the groups attached to the
Read moreAll About Functional Groups Functional groups are specific groupings of atoms within molecules that have their own characteristic properties, regardless of the other atoms present
Read moreThree Factors Which Influence The Stability of Free Radicals: Hybridization, Electronegativity, and Polarizability. In the last post we talked about several factors that stabilize free
Read moreThe most important question when learning a new reaction is recognizing “What Bonds Form, What Bonds Break?” If that’s #1, then what’s the second most
Read moreFive Key Factors That Affect Acidity Today we’ll talk about what’s behind the trends in acidity for different molecules and discuss the most important factors
Read moreStabilization Of Positive Charge In Organic Chemistry: 7 Key Factors Just to clarify: make sure you’re familiar with how formal charge can mislead before you
Read moreYou may recall from Gen chem (and no doubt your first week of o-chem as well), that orbitals on carbon come in two flavors: s
Read moreProperties like melting and boiling points are a measure of how strong the attractive forces are between individual atoms or molecules. (We call these intermolecular
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