…better ways to include more advanced material without introducing all the new concepts that come with transition metal chemistry. Some examples that come to mind are introducing concepts such as…
Read more…pattern. Carbonyl carbons are key electrophiles. Be able to draw their two key mechanisms: addition and elimination. Mechanisms (especially in carbonyl chemistry) can be broken down into their components. Learn…
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Read more…to depict the process of breaking down a complex molecule to simpler starting materials. This is useful as a planning device to highlight a key strategy used for building a…
Read more…geographical entity which is composed of a number of discrete loci. When desiring to remember a set of items the subject ‘walks’ through these loci in their imagination and commits…
Read moreDescription: Primary alcohols treated with chromic acid will be converted to carboxylic acids. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page,…
Read moreDescription: Treatment of secondary alcohols with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) leads to ketones. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page, plus…
Read more…from simpler components, for example. A skilled carpenter can imagine a finished table and then think backwards to what tools to use to build it from simpler parts. Similarly, organic…
Read more…contrast with Grignard and organolithium reagents. Remember all those examples of Grignard reagents adding to aldehydes, ketones, and esters? Well, Gilman reagents don’t generally do that (they will add to…
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