Keto-Enol Tautomerism: Key Points
Everything you ever wanted to know (and more!) about keto-enol tautomerism.
Read moreEverything you ever wanted to know (and more!) about keto-enol tautomerism.
Read moreWhat’s a reducing sugar, and why is it important? Here’s a quick summary. Full details in the post below. Before We Talk About Reducing Sugars:
Read moreMaking it through the chemistry of carbonyl derivatives (ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters, and more) there are at least two “weird” nomenclature issues that repeatedly
Read more“There are just so many reactions! I can’t remember all the mechanisms!!” – distressed organic chemistry student Yes, yes there are a lot of reactions, particularly
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 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 moreOnce you get a handle on oxidations and reductions, you might start to notice that with some molecules these reactions can proceed in sequences. For
Read more(Part VI on a series of posts on the reactions of neutral nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds) When I started this series on reaction mechanisms of
Read more5 more key concepts: Carbonyls make adjacent alkyl groups more acidic, the more electrophilic the carbonyl, the more acidic its alpha protons, carbonyls activate alkenes toward nucleophilic attack, reactivity of alpha beta unsaturated carbonyls is proportional to the stability of its enolate, enolates are nucleophiles.
Read moreHere’s the second summary sheet I’ve put together. It covers enol and enolate chemistry, although more of the fundamental material rather than their reactions. Although
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