Evaluating Resonance Structures With Positive Charge
Resonance Structures With Positive Charge: Four Key Principles As I mentioned before, the resonance form(s) of lowest energy are those where the charges are minimized.
Read moreResonance Structures With Positive Charge: Four Key Principles As I mentioned before, the resonance form(s) of lowest energy are those where the charges are minimized.
Read moreI know I’ve said this before, but a whole lot of organic chemistry can be boiled down to “nucleophile attacks electrophile“. A nucleophile is a
Read moreResonance In Organic Chemistry: Pi Donation and Pi Donors You’d think after five or six posts on resonance, that would be enough. But NO, friends,
Read moreOrganic Chemistry GIFS: Some Animated GIFS Of Curved Arrow Notation In Interconverting Resonance Forms GIFS are perfectly suited to showing curved arrow animations in organic
Read moreResonance In Organic Chemistry: What Are “Pi Acceptors” Last time we saw that π donors are atoms capable of forming a new π bond with
Read moreThe Four Key Factors In Evaluating Resonance Structures Not all resonance forms are of equal importance. So how do we evaluate how “important” each resonance
Read moreHow To Draw Resonance Structures: Avoiding Common Mistakes No discussion of resonance structures would be complete without mention of how to royally screw them up. This
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Read moreUnderstanding “Where Are The Electrons” Is Essential To Understanding Why Reactions Happen The Way They Do One thing has been missing from the discussion of
Read moreA few weeks ago Jeremy at The Chemistry Blog wrote a post called “Common Student Difficulties in Organic Chemistry”. Since I was flying home for
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