How To Make Alcohols More Reactive
In the last post we explored some of the properties and nomenclature of alcohols. We said that alcohols tend to have high boiling points due to hydrogen bonding,
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Guest Post on SN1/SN2/E1/E2 (1): Why Electrons Are Like A Hyperactive Child
Note (from James) When my friend Adam from The Chemistry Blog offered to write a series of posts on Substitution and Elimination, I immediately said
Read moreDeciding SN1/SN2/E1/E2 (2) – The Nucleophile/Base
Last time I talked about the process of deciding if a reaction goes through SN1, SN2, E1, or E2 as asking a series of questions.
Read moreTwo Types of Substitution Reactions
Chemistry is an experimental science. There is no great Ramanujan of our discipline, who, starting with a simple set of premises, could derive and predict
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