Master Organic Chemistry Reaction Guide

Tosylates And Mesylates

…to the neutral mesylate or tosylate. Note that the stereochemistry is completely unchanged here (unlike if we had used H-Cl, for example). Watch out for this – stereochemistry is often…

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Making Alkyl Halides From Alcohols

…Alkyl Halides From Alcohols Rearrangement Example #1: Hydride Shift Rearrangement Example #2: Alkyl Shift Rearrangement Example #3: A Special Case of Alkyl Shift – Ring Expansion and Contraction What Doesn’t…

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Opening of Epoxides With Acid

opening of bromonium or mercurinium ions. Table of Contents Formation of trans-Diols Through Opening of Epoxides With Aqueous Acid The Mechanism For Opening of trans-Diols With Acid Is Similar To…

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Oxidation of thiols to disulfides

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Cleavage Of Ethers With Acid

Williamson Ether Synthesis Opening of Epoxides With Acid Epoxide Ring Opening With Base Intramolecular Reactions of Alcohols and Ethers Alcohols To Ethers via Acid Catalysis (Advanced) References and Further Reading…

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