Why are tomatoes red? Why are carrots orange? Why are egg yolks yellow? And… why is Vulcan blood green? OK, I’m not going to touch that last one, but as for the first three: great question. There are…
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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (2) - ArynesPosted on: Sep 17, 2018
Classification of Isomers: Constitutional Isomers, Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, and DiPosted on: Sep 10, 2018
Diels-Alder Reaction: Kinetic and Thermodynamic ControlPosted on: Sep 03, 2018
The Wolff-Kishner, Clemmensen, And Other Sidechain ReductionsPosted on: Aug 27, 2018
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (NAS)Posted on: Aug 20, 2018
said in Introduction to Assigning (R) and (S): The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - Shoot. You are right. Thanks for the catch. Fixed! →
said in Introduction to Assigning (R) and (S): The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - The molecule used to explain the dot technique is labelled as 3-ethyl-3-methyloctane, however shouldn't the ... →
said in Imines and Enamines - I don't believe scavenging water is necessary since once the imine is reduced, it will be stable and will not re... →
About Master Organic Chemistry
After doing a PhD in organic synthesis at McGill and a postdoc at MIT, I applied for faculty positions at universities and it didn’t work out, yada yada yada. So I decided to teach organic chemistry anyway! Master Organic Chemistry is the resource I wish I had when I was learning the subject.
What Makes A Good Nucleophile?
3 Trends That Affect Boiling Points
Five Key Factors That Influence Acidity
Polar Protic? Polar Aprotic? Nonpolar? All About Solvents
Table of Functional Group Priorities for Nomenclature