…Substitution Reaction Are An Electron-Rich “Nucleophile” And An Electron-Poor “Electrophile” Substitution Reactions Resemble Acid-Base Reactions, Except That A Bond Forms And Breaks At Carbon Instead Of H+ The Four Components…
Read more…difficult organic chemistry is. I let myself get taken in by the horror stories around the first exam and did substantially worse on the first exam than I should have…
Read more…so they end up being common exam problems. See if you can draw the key curved arrow to show the rearrangement in this cyclic example: Click to Flip Here’s another…
Read more…it does! 4. Examples Of The E1cB Mechanism In Introductory Organic Chemistry: The Aldol Condensation Probably the most commonly encountered example of the E1cB mechanism in introductory organic chemistry is…
Read moreElimination Reactions (E1) That Occur With Rearrangements – Hydride Or Alkyl Shifts Where there are carbocations (see last post), rearrangement reactions are never far behind. Our old friends have come…
Read more…of common reactions in introductory organic chemistry, complete with descriptions, examples, and full mechanisms. It was also clear that there was too much material for a PDF, and it would…
Read more…mechanism the E2. In the next post, we’ll directly compare the E1 and E2 reactions. Next Post: Comparing the E1 and E2 Reactions Notes Related Articles E1 vs E2: Comparing…
Read more…leaving group. The key finding here is that more basic leaving groups (Cl-, Br-) lead to more E1 products than less basic leaving groups (I-, S(CH3)2 ). Furthermore, the proportion…
Read more…stay sane is about 8 hours. When I’m not tutoring I’m writing articles for my blog, or developing study materials that I think will be useful for organic chemistry students….
Read more…more pattern-recognition than memory, although a combination of both were helpful. How much of your exams were multiple choice? Jay: None of the exams given had any multiple choice questions….
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