Ace Your Next Organic Chemistry
Exam.

With the MOC Membership

Join Here

Cyclopropanation of Alkenes

…kit, you will quickly discover that the little pieces of plastic will not forgive you for trying to bend them into a constrained triangular shape. Given this, it might come…

Read more

Alkene Addition Pattern #1: The “Carbocation Pathway”

…proceed through the same key steps. They all share the same pattern of regioselectivity and stereoselectivity. Learn one mechanism, learn them all! https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Carbocation-pathway.mp4 There’s one last wrinkle with this family…

Read more

Oxymercuration Demercuration of Alkenes

…Flip 3. The Mechanism of Oxymercuration Goes Through A 3-Membered “Mercurinium Ion” The first step of oxymercuration results in a new organomercury compound with a C-Hg bond. Unlike many compounds…

Read more