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 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 moreBetween posts on tautomerism and on lewis acid catalysis, I neglected to mention a really important point in carbonyl chemistry that illustrates another facet of
Read moreThis time of year one of the most common problems students come to me with is how to do synthesis problems. Like this: There’s a
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 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 moreI finally got around to putting together a summary sheet of the two previous series on mechanisms in carbonyl chemistry (anionic nucleophiles and neutral nucleophiles)
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
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