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…the iron is recycled and the heme is degraded to a new compound – biliverdin – which has a green color. If you’ve ever had a green bruise, biliverdin is…
Read more…the iron is recycled and the heme is degraded to a new compound – biliverdin – which has a green color. If you’ve ever had a green bruise, biliverdin is…
Read more…several examples of how to do this. Table of Contents A Quick Quiz (On Bond Dissociation Energy) Key Principle On Orbital Hybridization And Bond Strengths: The Greater The s-character, The…
Read more…up! “. In the example above, the diene and dienophile can come together two ways: “head to head” such that the methyl group on the diene and the C=O bond…
Read more…due to their decreased basicity. Since it comes up so much in exams, the intramolecular version is important to note. You’ll see that we’re still forming C–S here and breaking…
Read more…mind when you turned over the exam sheet and looked at the questions? Z: I felt an interesting mixture of nervousness and confidence. I knew that I had put the…
Read more…completely uncool to the untrained eye that only a hipster could appreciate it. Then you come to one of those annoying wall outlets. You could paint over it of course….
Read more…alcohols. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page, plus over 1500 quizzes, the Reaction Encyclopedia, Org 1 / Org 2…
Read more…chemistry I remember the reagents for oxidation reactions completely coming out of left field. KMnO4, K2Cr2O7, PCC, CrO3, Swern, Dess—Martin ? Hold on. Where did these reagents come from? How…
Read moreAll About Functional Groups Functional groups are specific groupings of atoms within molecules that have their own characteristic properties, regardless of the other atoms present in a molecule. Common examples…
Read more…a ketone, which we showed in example 2 and also with a “stronger” oxidant in example 3. And in example 4 we showed that oxidation “up” from a tertiary alcohol…
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