How Many Monochlorination Isomers Are Formed From Free-Radical Chlorination Of Alkanes? Last time we covered a comparatively simple reaction: free-radical chlorination of methane to (CH4)
Read moreThinking Through The Selectivity of Bromination vs Chlorination: An Intuitive Analogy As we discussed in the last post on radicals, bromine radicals are considerably more
Read moreRecall that there are at least 4 major ways of representing molecules that you’re introduced to in the first week of ochem. The highest level
Read moreA Reaction Map For Alkynes (PDF) Today, we’re going to add the reactions of alkynes to our reaction map, which will bring to a close
Read moreThere are four different types of “butyls”, and they all have their own name. In addition they each have a common name (“trivial name”) which
Read moreMolecules Can Be Drawn In Lots Of Different Ways One of the skills you have to develop early in Org 1 is to learn the
Read moreHow To Properly Draw Tetrahedral Carbons – And The Many Ways To Screw It Up There is a knack to drawing proper tetrahedrons. And some
Read moreReactions of Alkanes (There Aren’t Many) In this post we’re going to begin building our reaction map, starting with the simplest organic compounds of all:
Read moreIUPAC Nomenclature Demystified with a Simple Puzzle-Piece Approach, by Leah Fisch Note from James: This is a guest post by Leah Fisch of Leah4Sci.com , an
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