Keto-enol tautomerism
Description: Ketones and other carbonyl compounds containing a hydrogen adjacent to the carbonyl are in equilibrium with a constitutional isomer called an enol. The rest of this page is available…
Read moreDescription: Ketones and other carbonyl compounds containing a hydrogen adjacent to the carbonyl are in equilibrium with a constitutional isomer called an enol. The rest of this page is available…
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Read more6 UV-Vis Spectroscopy Practice Problems In the past few posts we’ve covered some of the key points of UV-Vis spectroscopy. Now comes the key question: how do we apply it?…
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…1. The Commonly Used “Cyclopentadiene” Can’t Be Bought From Chemical Suppliers. Why? Let’s talk about cyclopentadiene, a commonly used diene for Diels-Alder reactions that, by the way, comes up all…
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Read moreDescription: When amides are treated with chlorine and base, a rearrangement occurs, resulting in the loss of carbon dioxide and the formation of an amine. The rest of this page…
Read moreDescription: Tetra-alkyl ammonium salts undergo elimination to form the least substituted alkene. This is called the Hofman elimination. The rest of this page is available to MOC Members only. To…
Read moreDescription: The Hell-Vollhard-Zelinsky [HVZ] reaction is a means of converting a carboxylic acid to a brominated carboxylic acid (the bromine ends up on the alpha carbon of the carboxylic acid)….
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