What To Expect In Organic Chemistry 2
A large part of organic chemistry 1 is devoted to laying the foundations: introducing structural concepts such as bonding, geometry, stereochemistry, conformations, resonance, and steric
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How Concepts Build Up In Org 2
OK. Having looked at the Org 1 Concept Map, let’s ask the next logical question: what does a typical Org 2 course look like? One
Read moreAre these molecules conjugated?
If Org 2 has an overall theme, it’s “resonance”. Today’s post has a very simple message. Atoms with lone pairs, π bonds, radicals, and carbocations can
Read moreConjugation and Resonance
On Conjugation And Resonance This is the first in a series of posts that will eventually cover conjugation, pi systems, molecular orbital theory, dienes, 1,2-
Read moreMolecular Orbital Diagram For A Simple Pi Bond – Bonding And Antibonding
In the previous post in this series, “On Conjugation and Resonance“, I warned that in order to gain a deeper understanding of some of the
Read moreMolecular Orbitals of The Allyl Cation, Allyl Radical, and Allyl Anion
In the last post, we showed how to build a molecular orbital (MO) diagram for a typical C-C pi bond. We saw that: The number of molecular
Read morePi Molecular Orbitals of Butadiene
In the last post in this series we built up the pi molecular orbitals of the allyl pi-system, consisting of three consecutive p orbitals in conjugation.
Read moreReactions of Dienes: 1,2 and 1,4 Addition
In today’s post we’ll discuss 1,2- and 1,4- addition to dienes – specifically, the addition of strong acid such as HBr. Here’s the summary of
Read moreThermodynamic and Kinetic Control
First, an explanation. This happened. So things at MOC have basically been on hold for a few weeks. Life is now returning to normal. The
Read moreMore On 1,2 and 1,4 Additions To Dienes
In the last post we covered 1,2 and 1,4 additions to dienes, specifically the addition of strong acid (e.g. HCl or HBr) to dienes. To
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