Reagent Friday: Sodium Periodate
Sodium Periodate, NaIO4 As A Reagent In Organic Chemistry In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different
Read more“Compare Organic Chemistry To A Movie…”
Love this quote, from Organic Chemistry 1 as a Second Language by David R. Klein (fuller review to come) on organic chemistry and memorization. You
Read moreThe SN1, E1, and Alkene Addition Reactions All Pass Through A Carbocation Intermediate
The Carbocation Intermediate That Connects The SN1, E1, And Alkene Addition Reactions Was going to include this in my last post but it was getting
Read moreWittig Reaction
The Wittig Reaction: A Useful Method For Converting Aldehydes and Ketones To Alkenes Some time ago, we learned how to turn alkenes into carbonyls via
Read more7 Factors that stabilize negative charge in organic chemistry
Understanding The 7 Key Factors That Stabilize Negative Charge (And Ultimately, Basicity) Like I wrote about in a previous post, it’s good – but not
Read moreReagent Friday: Sodium (Na)
Sodium Metal (Na) As A Reagent In Organic Chemistry In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different
Read more7 Factors That Stabilize Positive Charge in Organic Chemistry
Stabilization Of Positive Charge In Organic Chemistry: 7 Key Factors Just to clarify: make sure you’re familiar with how formal charge can mislead before you
Read moreReagent Friday: Raney Nickel
Raney Nickel And The Desulfurization Of Thioacetals + Hydrogenation Of Alkenes (and Alkynes) In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday
Read moreBlog Carnival: What the Cope Rearrangement Taught Me About Chemistry
Note: to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry 2011, there’s a blog carnival going on. This is my contribution. If you can’t follow the structural
Read morePolar Protic? Polar Aprotic? Nonpolar? All About Solvents
Polar Protic vs Polar Aprotic vs Nonpolar: About Solvents In Organic Chemistry A lot of students I talk to have questions about solvents. Solvents can
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