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Caarbonyl Chemistry: Learn Six Mechanisms For the Price Of One
So at some point during Org 2, you will probably be expected to learn a whole slew of mechanisms. Like these: Conversion of carboxylic acids to esters (Fischer esterification) Hydrolysis of esters to… more →
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Planting Trees for Charcoal | Testing Mechanisms
wrote 11 months ago: As was said in the last blog, I was running out of trees, after harvesting a lot of them, I would ha … more →
Caarbonyl Chemistry: Learn Six Mechanisms For the Price Of One
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wrote 2 years ago: So at some point during Org 2, you will probably be expected to learn a whole slew of mechanisms. L … more →
Summary Sheet #5 - 9 Key Mechanisms in Carbonyl Chemistry
wrote 2 years ago: I finally got around to putting together a summary sheet of the two previous series on mechanisms in … more →
How Reactions Are Like Music
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wrote 2 years ago: One of the joys of this video is watching the reactions of the audience as it is revealed that song … more →
On Acetals and Hemiacetals
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wrote 2 years ago: (Part VI on a series of posts on the reactions of neutral nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds) When … more →
Imines and Enamines
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wrote 2 years ago: (part 5 of a series on the reactions of neutral nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds) I’m in … more →
Let's Talk About the [1,2] Elimination
wrote 2 years ago: (part IV of a series on the reaction mechanisms of neutral nucleophiles in carbonyl chemistry) As I … more →
Proton Transfers Can Be Tricky
wrote 3 years ago: (part 3 of a series on reactions of neutral nucleophiles with carbonyls) Here’s a question for … more →
Carbonyl Reaction Mechanisms: Neutral Nucleophiles (Part 2)
wrote 3 years ago: When it comes to carbonyl chemistry, if you have to know one reaction mechanism – and only one … more →
Carbonyl Mechanisms: Neutral Nucleophiles, Part 1
wrote 3 years ago: Today, building on the previous 2-part series on mechanisms of anionic nucleophiles in carbonyl chem … more →
Another awesome example of acid catalysis: Acids catalyze keto-enol tautomerism
wrote 3 years ago: Between posts on tautomerism and on lewis acid catalysis, I neglected to mention a really important … more →
The Magic Wand of Proton Transfer
wrote 3 years ago: When textbooks (or your teacher/TA/tutor) start writing down reaction mechanisms, sometimes you … more →
Breaking Down Carbonyl Reaction Mechanisms: Reactions of Anionic Nucleophiles (Part 2)
wrote 3 years ago: Continuing from Part 1, today I’ll cover the remaining 3 classes of mechanistic pathways for t … more →
Summary Sheet: Additions to Carbonyls
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wrote 3 years ago: I put together this summary sheet for the reaction of nucleophiles with carbonyls (click for larger … more →
