…I didn’t finish it. Last time, I would often come across problems which I had absolutely no clue how to even approach (usually resulting in scribbling something down, or worse,…
Read more…a cyclic alkene to give a linear compound. In example 4, cleavage of a terminal alkene results in CO2. Mechanism: The first step of the reaction is a cycloaddition of…
Read moreDescription: When treated with an oxidizing agent such as iodine or molecular oxygen, thiols can be converted to disulfides. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only….
Read moreDescription: Treatment of vicinal diols (1,2-diols) with an oxidant such as NaIO4, HIO4, or Pb(OAc)4 cleaves C–C bonds and forms carbonyl compounds. The rest of this page is available to…
Read moreDescription: Treatment of secondary alcohols with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) leads to ketones. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To get access to this page, plus…
Read moreDescription: When Ag2O is added to aldehydes, carboxylic acids are formed. This results in the formation of silver metal (“silver mirror”) a reaction known as the Tollens test. The rest…
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Read moreDescription: Treatment of an aromatic containing a good leaving group with a strong base will lead to formation of an “aryne”. Attack of the aryne with a nucleophile then results…
Read more…Standard For Comparing Optical Rotation Now comes the final piece of the puzzle: standardization. It would be useful to have a common standard for optical rotation that allowed us to…
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