In Summary: Evaluating Resonance Structures
…in “equilibrium” between each other. Avoid this common mistake! Instead, the “true” state of the molecule will be a “hybrid” of these resonance forms. For example in the acetate and…
Read more…in “equilibrium” between each other. Avoid this common mistake! Instead, the “true” state of the molecule will be a “hybrid” of these resonance forms. For example in the acetate and…
Read more…then some examples of what NOT to do, I want to show how you can apply this skill (that of evaluating resonance forms in determining electron density on a molecule)…
Read more…aesthetic purposes. It gets more complicated from there of course. The CH3 group comes up so often that we have a common abbreviation for it – “Me”, for methyl. NOT…
Read more…a few of the less common (but still important) reactions you learn in organic chemistry 1. We’ve talked about rearrangements and free-radical substitution: we finish up here with lots of…
Read more…is axial (when it’s equatorial the antibonding orbital points into the ring, making it inaccessible to attack. These are also extremely common exam type questions. Why? Because they combine concepts…
Read more…right or wrong way to show the car. He used the one that he thought gave the best view of it. He could have alternatively shown a picture of it…
Read more…when compared with enzymes, antibodies, DNA sequences, etc) Short time frame – most experiments are complete within 24 h. The example above was replicated within 72h of the paper appearing…
Read moreDo you know where the saying “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” comes from? Me neither. But I do know one thing: there is more than one…
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Read more…One common painful experience is to get exam results back and realize that you understood the material but got a poorer grade than you expected due to the accumulation of…
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