…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…
Description: 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….
Description: 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…
Description: 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…
Description: 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…
…92% in his course, despite a first exam that was below the class average. He made up for it by handily beating the average on the second and third tests…
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…over the years. Here are a couple of nice things people have written about me: Last week a student who just completed a very challenging, competitively scaled Organic II class…
…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,…
Description: 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…