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…learning organic chemistry efficiently? What are the most important concepts in undergraduate organic chemistry? How are these concepts best communicated and learned? How do you tell the difference between things…
Read more…learning organic chemistry efficiently? What are the most important concepts in undergraduate organic chemistry? How are these concepts best communicated and learned? How do you tell the difference between things…
Read more…combination of familiar chords, they do come together in a sequence that is uniquely… Hellish. Notes Related Articles Keto-Enol Tautomerism Reactions of Enols – Acid-Catalyzed Aldol, Halogenation, and Mannich Reactions…
Read more…organic synthesis for awhile, you start looking at functional groups like they were really complicated pieces of Lego: while their shape, size, and colour may be different, the principles which…
Read more…“second-best” rule: the “second-best” resonance form is often the most important for reactivity purposes. This and other useful nuggets can be found in this book ]. Examples of enolates as…
Read more…introductory organic chemistry course might find it useful. Note that the examples come from material in my students’ course… your course material may vary. Someday I’ll put together a more…
Read more…amount of quality content than a larger amount of filler just for the sake of fulfilling a commitment to a posting schedule. Back on Monday. Hope your exams went/go well….
Read more…out? Download my free ‘6 Weeks to MCAT Prep Guide’ by visiting Leah4sci.com Thanks for demystifying the recent changes to the MCAT Leah – and best wishes to everyone for…
Read more…example, an enamine treated with CH3I will form a new C-C bond. This is an example of enamine alkylation. A new carbon-carbon bond is formed. For convenience, water is often…
Read more…completely different set of reactions. It’s probably best to stop at this point and deal with them in a separate article. Just to give you a taste, here is an…
Read more…they know a reaction cold – but when suddenly confronted with an example of a nucleophile and an electrophile together on the same molecule, they freeze. This is despite the…
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