…magnesium (with a very brief head-nod to sodium and the comparatively useless Wurtz reaction.) There are dozens of other metals on the periodic table. What about organometallic compounds of them…
Read moreFormation or Grignard Reagents and Organolithium Reagents From Alkyl and Alkenyl Halides In the last post we introduced the concept of organometallic compounds – molecules where carbon is bound to…
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Read more…thermodynamically uphill by a large margin). The remaining 9 should be completely inert. Rather than investing in refrigeration or preservatives, the choice of Collora’s company has been to freeze-dry the…
Read moreDescription: In the presence of a metal catalyst such as palladium, hydrogen will add to alkenes to give alkanes. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only….
Read more…The Differences Between R and S, D- and L- , d- and l-, and (+)- and (–)- Polarimetry: The Measurement of Optical Rotation Specific Rotation: A Common Standard For Comparing…
Read more…simple IR spectrum: H2O (water). How to tell the difference between the peaks and the baseline Some terms defined: transmission, absorbance, wavenumber Oh crap: a more complex IR spectrum. What…
Read more…an idea of the process. At about 0:34 you can see how small the beads are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVXUfC2pLh4 The starting point for the Merrifield process is crosslinked polystyrene. which behaves like…
Read moreDiazonium Salts From Amines, And Reactions Of Diazonium Salts Today let’s talk about a set of reactions of aromatic amines, that variously are catalogued under “amines” and “aromatic compounds”, depending…
Read more…an excess of alcohol in the presence of acid (such as H2SO4). Simple sugars (e.g., D-Glucose) have a hemiacetal functional group due to the fact that 5- and 6- membered…
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