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Hell-Vollhard-Zelinsky Reaction

…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 summary…

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From Gen Chem To Organic Chem

The Key Concepts From General Chemistry You’ll Need For Organic Chemistry – In One Short E-Book Click the book to download! Thanks for subscribing! Click Here to download “From Gen…

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The Intramolecular Diels Alder Reaction

The Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction Is Awesome Exam preparation tip: Instructors often include questions on intramolecular versions of familiar reactions on exams, since they involve no new concepts but might “look…

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Getting Started

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The Meso Trap

for exam questions where two meso compounds are suggestively drawn as mirror images. They are not enantiomers. They are the same molecule, since they are superimposable! Table of Contents The…

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The Pi Molecular Orbitals of Cyclobutadiene

…Again, examining the pi molecular orbitals will give us some useful clues. Notably, in cyclobutadiene, the highest-occupied molecular orbitals are unpaired electrons of equal energy. Table of Contents Building Up…

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