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
Read moreToday’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
Read moreThe 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 moreMy 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 moreTreatment 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 moreToday’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 moreToday’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 moreGrignard 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 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 moreIn 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 moreIn 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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