Reactions on the “Benzylic” Carbon: Bromination And Oxidation
The carbon adjacent to an aromatic ring – the “benzylic” carbon – can participate in several useful and interesting reactions. Today we’ll provide examples and
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Allylic Bromination
Allylic Bromination and Benzylic Bromination: What Is It, And How Does It Work? In previous posts on radicals, we’ve seen how bromine can selectively react
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In this series on free radical reactions we’ve mostly covered the basics. In this post (and the next one) we’re going to go into a
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In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. If you’ve
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