Master Organic Chemistry Reaction Guide

Addition of HBr to Alkenes

…more substituted carbon of the alkene (Markovnikoff-selectivity) Examples: Notes: The first two examples show a simple addition of HBr to give the Markovnikov product. In the third example Markovnikov’s rule…

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Acid Base Practice Problems

Quiz#:262 Click to Flip Quiz#:282 Click to Flip Quiz#:288 Click to Flip ***Get access to about 44 more Acid-Base quiz questions below by joining the MOC Membership *** The rest…

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Staggered vs Eclipsed Conformations of Ethane

…visualize certain characteristics. Two molecules that are superimposable are the same molecule! Complicating the depiction of molecules more complex than methane is the existence of free rotation about the carbon-carbon…

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Claisen Condensation and Dieckmann Condensation

…an α-Alkoxy-cinnamate: Synthesis of Ethyl (2S)-2-Ethoxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoate Mats T. Linderberg, Mikael Moge, and Sivaprasad Sivadasan Organic Process Research & Development 2004, 8 (6), 838-845 DOI: 1021/op040006z Organic Process Research & Development…

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