Brief Reviews:
Drawing Resonance Forms
"Pushing Electrons"
Problem Set:
Reaction Mechanisms
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Addition of HBr to an Alkene
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Addition of HCl to 2-Methylpropene
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Formation of a Bromonium Ion
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Addition of HOBr to an Alkene
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Addition of Br
2
to an Alkene
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Addition of BH
3
to an Alkene
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Reaction of Dichlorocarbene with an Alkene
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S
N
2 Reaction between Acetylide Anion and Chloromethane
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Stereochemistry of the S
N
2 Reaction
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The S
N
1 Solvolysis of 2-Methyl-2-chloropropane
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The S
N
1 Reaction of 2-Methyl-2-propanol with HCl
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Mechanism of the E2 Elimination Reaction
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Mechanism of the E1 Elimination Reaction
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Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
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Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of an Alcohol
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Dehydration of an Alcohol with POCl
3
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Base-Catalyzed Hydration of a Carbonyl
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Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of a Carbonyl
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Mechanism of Imine Formation
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Mechanism of Ketal and Acetal Formation
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Acyl Transfer Reactions
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Fischer Esterification
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Hydrolysis of an Ester by Base
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Hydrolysis of an Ester by Acid
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Substitution
a-
to a Carbonyl
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Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
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The Aldol Condensation
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The Claisen Condensation
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Michael Addition of a
b-
Keto Ester with an
a,b-
Unsaturated Ketone
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Mechanism of the Hofmann Rearrangement
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