Enolates – Formation, Stability, and Simple Reactions
All about enolates Enolates can be formed through removing the proton on carbons adjacent to a carbonyl (i.e. the “alpha-carbon“). The resulting anions are much
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Selectivity in Free Radical Reactions: Bromination vs. Chlorination
The Selectivity of Free-Radical Bromination vs Chlorination. A Detailed Answer In last article on radicals (See Article – Selectivity in Free Radical Reactions) we saw
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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
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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
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The Haloform Reaction When a methyl ketone is treated with base and a halogen (e.g. I2, Br2, or Cl2) it is converted into a carboxylic
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