The Organic Chemistry Behind “The Pill”
The Most Interesting Man In The World passed away the other week. No, not THAT guy. He’s just an actor. The OTHER guy. The OTHER
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Alkenes To Alkynes Via Halogenation And Elimination Reactions
Formation of Alkynes Via Double Elimination Of Halides Alkynes can be produced from vicinal or geminal dihalides through double elimination reactions. The usual choice of
Read moreAlkynes Are A Blank Canvas
Alkynes: The Gateway To Organic Synthesis Now that we’ve gone through all the major reactions of alkynes, we can take a step back and look
Read morePlanning Organic Synthesis With “Reaction Maps”
Organic Synthesis: A Little Bit Like Planning A Trip, But With Functional Groups As “Airports” And Reactions As “Flights”. By this point we’ve gone over
Read moreAlkyl Halide Reaction Map And Summary
Alkyl 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 moreWhy the SN2 Reaction Is Powerful
SN2 Reaction Examples To Give Alcohols, Ethers, Thiols, Sulfies, Alkynes, and More. Having gone through the mechanism of the SN2 reaction, let’s take a second
Read moreOrganic Chemistry Study Tips: Reaction Maps
This time of year one of the most common problems students come to me with is how to do synthesis problems. Like this: There’s a
Read moreOrganic Chemistry Study Tips: How to use a “Study Buddy”
I can’t claim credit for this idea but unfortunately I can’t remember where I read it either. Here’s a helpful and quick way to make
Read moreSynthesis (5) – Reactions of Alkynes
A Reaction Map For Alkynes (PDF) Today, we’re going to add the reactions of alkynes to our reaction map, which will bring to a close
Read moreAlcohol Reactions Roadmap (PDF)
The Alcohol Reaction Map Having now finished (at long last) covering the key reactions of alcohols, let’s stop to put everything in perspective. Over the
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