Deciding SN1/SN2/E1/E2 – The Solvent
The 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 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 moreAlkyl Halide Reaction Map In the last post, we began our discussion of synthesis by starting with the reactions of alkanes. Since we’ve learned only
Read moreElimination Reactions: The Zaitsev Rule Elimination reactions usually occur such that they are removing a hydrogen from the carbon attached to the fewest hydrogens. This
Read moreElimination Reactions Are Favored By Heat Elimination reactions are often in competition with substitution reactions Generally speaking, adding heat tends to increase the proportion of elimination products relative
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 moreAlkyl Shifts In Carbocation Rearrangement Reactions, Including Ring Expansion Hydride shifts can sometimes occur when a more stable carbocation can be formed through migration of
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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