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Organic Chemistry Is Shit

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…

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Orbital Hybridization And Bond Strengths

…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

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Thiols And Thioethers

…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…

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Protecting Groups For Alcohols

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….

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Meet the (Most Important) Functional Groups

All 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…

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