Functional Groups Summary Sheet
Functional Groups Summary Sheet I thought it would be good to make a summary sheet based on functional groups, so here one is: Functional Group
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Summary Sheet #8: The Oxidation Ladder
Following up on this post, here’s an attempt at trying to put many of the reactions in organic chemistry in perspective, from the standpoint of
Read moreSummary Sheet – Alkane Nomenclature
Part of the problem with nomenclature is that the trivial names can cause a lot of confusion. By themselves, the IUPAC names are at least
Read moreSummary Sheet: Reactions of Alkenes
This summary sheet covers a huge number of the reactions of alkenes, as a downloadable PDF file.
Read moreSummary Sheet – Introduction to Reactivity and Nomenclature
One of my students is taking an introductory organic chemistry course at a community college. While preparing for our next session, which is going to
Read moreSummary Sheet #3: Reactions of Carbonyls – The Big Picture
The reason why I harp on organic chemistry as boiling down to “nucleophile attacks electrophile” is because it’s a greatly simplifying way to look at
Read moreSummary Sheet #2: Enols and Enolates
Here’s the second summary sheet I’ve put together. It covers enol and enolate chemistry, although more of the fundamental material rather than their reactions. Although
Read moreSummary Sheet: Additions to Carbonyls
I put together this summary sheet for the reaction of nucleophiles with carbonyls (click for larger image, see link to downloadable PDF below). It summarizes the two key concepts that are important to understand for these reactions: the effect of electronic and steric factors on nucleophilic addition.
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