Learning New Reactions: How Do The Electrons Move?
The most important question when learning a new reaction is recognizing “What Bonds Form, What Bonds Break?” If that’s #1, then what’s the second most
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Common Mistakes: Formal Charges Can Mislead
Formal charges have their plusses and minuses. Har har. One one hand, they’re an indispensable accounting tool. If a molecule bears a charge, it would
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Last time we talked about how to use electronegativity to find the electron densities in a molecule – and when to ignore formal charge. However
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