…overall study strategy, I would summarize it this way: Read ahead, compile sheets of reactions and their mechanisms, focus on pattern recognition over blind memorization, and try to get interested…
Read more…Brandon J. Karlow, and Jean E. Schneider The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014 79 (3), 867-879 DOI: 10.1021/jo4026644 A more recent article about competition between SN2 and E2 reactions. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040402001972503…
Read more…[This intermediate is called the “chloronium ion”] 3. Iodination of Alkenes: The Mechanism This is also the case for iodination reactions, which proceed through the “iodonium ion”: 4. Chlorohydrin Formation:…
Read more…read ahead too far. Before I say why, let me first say that a major part of the studying and learning in this class for me is the composition of…
Read more…now used industrially on massive scale for the hydrogenation of vegetable oils. [Note 1] In this reaction a C-C pi bond (bond dissociation energy [BDE] of about 60 kcal/mol) and…
Read more…alkene [the nucleophile] upon a proton [the electrophile], leading to formation of a carbocation. The carbocation, being an electrophile, is then attacked by chloride ion to give the alkyl halide….
Read more…starts in Fall 2012. If I am accepted, O.chem is one of 6 courses I must have completed. I cannot fail!… So I can be competitive with other schools, I…
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Read more…nostalgic. My review involved reading my in-class notes, the corresponding book sections, and then combining them to synthesize new “master” notes. Then, I would complete the in-chapter exercises as well…
Read moreIron smelting! Photo credit: http://sclowcountryoutdoors.blogspot.com/2011/02/iron-smelting-at-acba.html In the beginning, the term actually made sense. When the alchemists and medieval metallurgists started doing experiments to quantify exactly how much iron, say was…
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