Amides: Properties, Synthesis, and Nomenclature
In this post, we’ll try to provide a broad overview of amides. We’ll provide a brief overview of amide nomenclature, two important properties of amides
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PBr3 and SOCl2
Lately we’ve been talking a lot about converting alcohols to good leaving groups [halides] [tosylates and mesylates] You might think we’d be done already, but
Read moreReaction Friday: Conversion of Alcohols to Alkyl Chlorides With SOCl2
Treatment of alcohols with thionyl chloride (SOCl2) converts alcohols to alkyl chlorides. When the reaction is performed on secondary alcohols with a stereocenter, the reaction
Read moreReagent Friday: Thionyl Chloride (SOCl2)
In a blatant plug for the Reagent Guide and the Reagents App for iPhone, each Friday I profile a different reagent that is commonly encountered in Org 1/ Org
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