Mechanisms Made Easy – Part 3
Time To Start Drawing Some Arrows! Now that we know how to put our organic molecules together (Mechanisms Made Easy part 2.1 and part 2.2), let’s move on the initial …
Mechanisms Made Easy – Part 2.2
Mechanisms Made Easy – More Complicated Examples I know your confidence is much higher now in terms of mastering organic chemistry mechanisms. Way to go!! So…what is next? Last time (Mechanisms …
Changing the Overall Perspective of Organic Chemistry: A Paradigm Shift
The Most Common Reaction to Organic Chemistry I can’t tell you how many times I have mentioned what I do and all I hear is “Ugh…Organic chemistry.” This is typically …
Mechanisms Made Easy – Part 2.1
Mechanisms Made Easy – The Reaction Scheme Our focus will now shift from our nucleophile/electrophile pair (Mechanisms Made Easy Part 1) to the overall reaction scheme. The nice thing about …
Mechanisms Made Easy: Part 1
Mechanisms Made Easy: Nucleophiles and Electrophiles When you are getting ready to figure out a mechanism, identify whether your functional group on your starting structure is a nucleophile or an …
The Reaction Scheme Simplified “Snapshot”
Breaking down the reaction scheme The reaction scheme is key to every organic chemistry question. Therefore, it is important to understand its overall structure. Due to the popularity of Organic …
Organic Chemistry Simplified: Part 1
Organic Chemistry is Simply Lines and Letters In this first section of Organic Chemistry Simplified, I show you how to determine the number (and types) of bonds that can be …