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Everything you ever wanted to know (and more!) about keto-enol tautomerism.

I know I’ve said this before, but a whole lot of organic chemistry can be boiled down to “nucleophile attacks electrophile“. A nucleophile is a

Zed Shaw teaches a course in writing Python called “Python the Hard Way“. Because the hard way is easier, he says. In the end, he’s

(part 3 of a series on reactions of neutral nucleophiles with carbonyls) Here’s a question for you. How would you draw a mechanism for the

“Learn the concepts! Don’t memorize!”. It’s one of the most common sentences found in the many examples of instructors’ essays on “How to Succeed in

When studying for organic chemistry, knowing the relationships between properties is more important than learning facts by rote.

Pretty much every reaction in organic chemistry boils down to “nucleophile attacks electrophile”.