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Bond Strengths And Radical Stability

…by examining bond dissociation energies, we can discern trends in free-radical stabilities. This will be of prime importance in understanding selectivity in free radical reactions: “which free radical forms?”. A…

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Wolff Rearrangement

…carbon. This is called the Wolff rearrangement. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page, plus over 2500 quizzes, the Reaction…

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3 Factors That Stabilize Free Radicals

the carbon bearing the free radical increases its stability. Radical stability increases in the order methyl < primary < secondary < tertiary. [For a second, more conceptually complex example, see…

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The Robinson Annulation

Description: The Robinson annulation is a method for forming six membered rings. It is a sequential combination of the Michael reaction and the Aldol condensation. The rest of this page

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The Mannich Reaction

…iminium). The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page, plus over 2500 quizzes, the Reaction Encyclopedia, Org 1 / Org 2…

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