Reagent Friday: NBS (N-Bromo Succinimide)
N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS) As A Reagent In Organic Chemistry In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/…
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Summary: Three Key Families Of Alkene Reaction Mechanisms
…Cleavage of Alkenes And Free-Radical Addition To Alkenes In addition there is a fourth pathway which goes through a free radical addition of HBr in the presence of peroxides. The…
Read morePrimary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary In Organic Chemistry
…and Tertiary Amines (and Quaternary Ammonium Salts) Next, we come to amines, which are named a little bit differently than the previous examples. [Note 2] Amines are named according to…
Read moreAlkene Reactions: Ozonolysis
…a reaction that converts alkenes (and alkynes) to carbonyl compounds. It also has many commercial uses, such as disinfecting surfaces, rooms, and drinking water. Ozone can be conveniently generated on…
Read moreCommon Blind Spot: Intramolecular Reactions
…it, not quite sure what to do. Different example: the Friedel Crafts acylation between aromatic rings and acyl halides. Then, here’s the exact same reaction. Common result: hesitation. What happens?…
Read moreSOCl2 Mechanism For Alcohols To Alkyl Halides: SN2 versus SNi
…configuration (SN2) You might be asking, “how common is this SNi mechanism? Is it something which occurs in a large number of other reactions we commonly encounter in introductory organic…
Read moreAlcohol Reactions Roadmap (PDF)
…and acids from each species. Here is the map in downloadable PDF format Here’s the big map. I welcome comments and suggestions – and would even pay for someone who…
Read moreReagent Friday: Sodium Amide (NaNH2)
…reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org 2. Version 1.2 just got released this week, with a host of corrections and a new page index. Note: there should…
Read moreHydrates, Hemiacetals, and Acetals
…hydrate formation, hemiacetal formation can happen under basic, neutral or acidic conditions. Basic conditions [RO– , ROH] provide another example of the classic “two-step” addition-protonation mechanism so common to these…
Read moreSynthesis (5) – Reactions of Alkynes
…blog posts. One note – in a large map such as this, compromises had to be made: it is impossible to maintain complete self-consistency between all the structures drawn for…
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