Tosylates And Mesylates
All About Tosylates and Mesylates By themselves, alcohols are poor leaving groups since the hydroxide ion (HO-) is a strong base The OH group can
Read moreAll About Tosylates and Mesylates By themselves, alcohols are poor leaving groups since the hydroxide ion (HO-) is a strong base The OH group can
Read moreSN1 / SN2 / E1 / E2 The Nucleophile / Base This article assumes you understand the mechanisms of the SN1/SN2/E1 and E2 reactions. For
Read moreMany students taking organic chemistry one day plan to write the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). A common question students have for me is what
Read moreSN1 vs E1, and SN2 vs. E2: The Role Of Heat This article assumes you understand the mechanisms of the SN1/SN2/E1 and E2 reactions. For
Read moreThe Quick N’ Dirty Guide To SN1/SN2/E1/E2 Reactions: The Role of Solvent Let’s continue with our Quick N Dirty guide to SN1/SN2/E1/E2 – a quick
Read moreThe Quick N’ Dirty Guide To SN1/SN2/E1/E2 : Putting It All Together The previous several posts dealt with an approach to solving substitution and elimination
Read moreA Tale of Two Elimination Reaction Patterns Like I said in the introduction to substitution reactions, organic chemistry is an empirical, experimental science. We make
Read moreFollowing up on the 4 most important patters of reactions in Org 1, and introduction to acid-base reactions, here’s the second major pattern. It’s called
Read moreIntroduction to Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Today starts a new series of posts on walking through one of the key classes of reaction in organic chemistry:
Read moreComparing Two Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions That Clearly Have Different Mechanisms Chemistry is an experimental science. There is no great Ramanujan of our discipline, who, starting
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