In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. Today's reagent is probably a bit on the obscure side, but it solves a useful problem. Lithium tri tert-butoxy aluminum hydride is … [Read more...]
Reagent Friday: Sodium (Na)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. Today's topic, sodium metal is a pretty notorious reagent. You might know it from Youtube as "That solid that you drop in water … [Read more...]
Reagent Friday: Di-isobutyl Aluminum Hydride (DIBAL)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. Version 1.2 just got released, with a host of corrections and a new page index. DIBAL (Di-isobutyl aluminum hydride) Also known as: DIBAL-H, DIBAH What it's used … [Read more...]
Summary Sheet #8: The Oxidation Ladder
Following up on this post, here's an attempt at trying to put many of the reactions in organic chemistry in perspective, from the standpoint of oxidation state. Note that there's a lot of gaps - very little on amines, for instance, and no treatment of epoxides or diols - but I hope that people will … [Read more...]
Reagent Friday: Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. Version 1.2 just got released, with a host of corrections and a new page index. Having just talked about the oxidation ladder, it makes sense to start going into … [Read more...]