…“free radical substitution”. In this post we introduce the concepts of homolytic bond breakage, single-barbed curved arrows, free radicals, and free-radical substitution through the example of chlorination of alkanes with…
Read more…well for her peers. Essentially, this is a complaint about what was tested on the exam. Had her instructor tested people on their knowledge of mechanisms, she would have aced…
Read more…the order of bond strengths goes primary C-H > secondary C-H > tertiary C-H. Notes Related Articles Free Radical Reactions 3 Factors That Stabilize Free Radicals Selectivity in Free Radical…
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Read more…out for these types of examples as they are common exam questions. Mechanism: In the SN2 reaction the nucleophile (RO-) attacks the carbon with the good leaving group, forming a…
Read more…and complaints of other people talking about how hard the course was – actually got her psyched out and affected her success. She needed to re-take the class. The second…
Read more…relatively “free” and react faster with electrophiles, relative to their rates in polar protic solvents. [See article – Polar Protic? Polar Aprotic? All About Solvents] Here are some common solvents…
Read more…either as the reactant (example 1) or above the arrow (example 2). It is also common to see the alkyne as starting material with a two-step deprotonation/SN2 process (example 4)….
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