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Nucleophilicity vs. Basicity

Understanding The Differences Between Nucleophilicity vs Basicity Following up on Nucleophiles and Electrophiles, here’s a common question students have about nucleophilicity: 1. What’s the difference

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Number Your Carbons!

My one-sentence advice to those about to write an exam: Number your carbons.  Now go write your exam. If you need reasons, here they are.

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What Makes A Good Leaving Group?

Good Leaving Groups Are Weak Bases A leaving group (a.k.a. “nucleofuge”) is the new Lewis base that is generated in various substitution and elimination reactions when

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3 Factors That Stabilize Carbocations

Carbocations: Properties, Formation, and Stability Carbocations are electron-deficient species with an empty p-orbital Lacking a full octet and bearing a positive charge, they tend to

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The Cope and Claisen Rearrangements

Cousins Of The Diels-Alder: The Cope Rearrangement and The Claisen Rearrangement The Cope Rearrangement and Claisen Rearrangement are pericyclic reactions in the same family as

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