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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Reactions on the "Benzylic" Carbon: Bromination And OxidationPosted on: Jun 13, 2018
Protecting Groups for Amines - CarbamatesPosted on: Jun 07, 2018
Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts ReactionsPosted on: May 30, 2018
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions (3) - Friedel Crafts Alkylation and AcyPosted on: May 17, 2018
Why Are Endo Products Favored in the Diels-Alder Reaction?Posted on: May 11, 2018
said in Reactions on the “Benzylic” Carbon: Bromination And Oxidation - Definitely a worthy topic to discuss. Thank you, James. A couple of notes though. For the fairness sake, I hav... →
said in Aldol Condensation - Good point. You are right that in "real life" water would not be a good choice of solvent for an aldol condensa... →
said in Aldol Condensation - If water is a solvent, wouldn't that not be favorable for the elimination of water in the condensation... →
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