My main goal at Master Organic Chemistry has always been to provide students with useful resources that they can’t easily find anywhere else. About six months after I started tutoring organic chemistry, I realiz…
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The Hofmann EliminationPosted on: Oct 18, 2017
Hybrid OrbitalsPosted on: Oct 10, 2017
Activating and Deactivating Groups In Electrophilic Aromatic SubstitutionPosted on: Sep 26, 2017
The Hofmann and Curtius RearrangementsPosted on: Sep 19, 2017
Reducing SugarsPosted on: Sep 12, 2017
said in Don’t Be Futyl, Learn The Butyls - They are "common wrong names". As I wrote, they should be commented (and encourage people not to use them). →
said in Reagent Friday: Sodium Amide (NaNH2) - I think example 2 is a bit misleading. Although two equivalents of NaNH2 can result in some of the alkyne, it... →
said in Common Mistakes with Carbonyls: Carboxylic Acids… Are Acids! - Hydroxyl groups (OH), thiols (SH), and generally any other mildly acidic functional groups. Carboxylic acids ar... →
said in Bromination of alkenes with Br2 to give dibromides - I take issue with your incomplete curly arrows for the formation of the cyclic bromonium ion. You've missed a... →
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.
3 Trends That Affect Boiling Points
What Makes A Good Nucleophile?
Five Key Factors That Influence Acidity
Polar Protic? Polar Aprotic? Nonpolar? All About Solvents
Table of Functional Group Priorities for Nomenclature