The Most Important Question To Ask When Learning a New Reaction
About a month or so ago I had a big revelation as an instructor. Something that I’d been taking for granted, that was right under
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Introducing the Reaction Guide
My main goal at Master Organic Chemistry has always been to provide students with useful resources that they can’t easily find anywhere else. About six
Read moreThe latest version of Reagents contains a “social graph” for reactions
A new version of Reagents was released a few months ago, and it comes with two powerful new features that weren’t in the first version.
Read moreOrganic Chemistry Study Tips: Reaction Maps
This 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 moreOrganic Chemistry Study Tips: How to use a “Study Buddy”
I can’t claim credit for this idea but unfortunately I can’t remember where I read it either. Here’s a helpful and quick way to make
Read moreSummary Sheet: Reactions of Alkenes
This summary sheet covers a huge number of the reactions of alkenes, as a downloadable PDF file.
Read moreSummary Sheet #5 – 9 Key Mechanisms in Carbonyl Chemistry
I 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 moreSummary Sheet – Introduction to Reactivity and Nomenclature
One of my students is taking an introductory organic chemistry course at a community college. While preparing for our next session, which is going to
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