Reaction Friday: Keto-Enol Tautomerism
Today’s Reaction Friday is all about keto-enol tautomersm, the chemistry equivalent of Jekyll and Hyde. Included: Tautomers are constitutional isomers (not resonance forms) The same
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Reaction Friday – Fischer Esterification
The Fischer esterification is one of the most important reactions of carboxylic acids. Treatment of carboxylic acids with an alcohol in the presence of acid
Read moreReaction Friday – Reduction of Alkynes to Alkenes with Na/NH3
My apologies for the interruption. I seem to have wrested control of my blog back from the cats for now, but I’m not sure how
Read moreReaction Friday: Conversion of Alcohols to Alkyl Chlorides With SOCl2
Treatment of alcohols with thionyl chloride (SOCl2) converts alcohols to alkyl chlorides. When the reaction is performed on secondary alcohols with a stereocenter, the reaction
Read moreReaction Friday: Friedel Crafts Acylation
Today’s Reaction Friday is about the Friedel Crafts acylation of benzene and other aromatics, an important example of electrophilic aromatic substitution. One thing I forgot
Read moreReaction Friday: Formation of Acetals from Ketones
Today’s video is about the formation of acetals from aldehydes and ketones, an important method for the protection of the carbonyl group. One thing I
Read moreReaction Friday: Addition of Grignard Reagents to Ketones
Grignard reagents are very useful carbon-based nucleophiles and will readily form carbon-carbon bonds with carbonyl compounds. Here the reaction of Grignard reagents with ketones is
Read moreReaction Friday: Oxymercuration of Alkenes using Hg(OAc)2 and NaBH4
Reaction Friday is back!!! Today’s video is on a commonly encountered reaction for making alcohols, the oxymercuration of alkenes using Hg(OAc)2 and water, followed by
Read moreReagent Friday: Zinc Amalgam (Zn-Hg)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org
Read moreReagent Friday: Thionyl Chloride (SOCl2)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org
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