Reducing Sugars
What’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:
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Common Mistakes with Carbonyls: Carboxylic Acids… Are Acids!
Carboxylic acids… are acids. I know that seems obvious. But it’s a near certainty that students taking Org 2 for the first time will forget
Read moreSimplifying the reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives (part 1)
I’ve had a fair number of emails over the past week or two from students who say that they are having a hard time keeping
Read moreSummary Sheet: Functional Groups
I thought it would be good to make a summary sheet based on functional groups, so here one is: Functional Group Summary Sheet (PDF) You
Read moreReagent Friday – Diazomethane (CH2N2)
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 moreOxidation Ladders
Once 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 moreSummary Sheet #7 – 21 Carbonyl Mechanisms on 1 page
If you feel sometimes like mechanisms in carbonyl chemistry keep repeating themselves, you aren’t just imagining things. The fact is that there IS a lot
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