You may know that cows produce methane, which is a big concern when it comes to global heating, but did you know that organic chemistry provides a potential solution to this problem? Feeding cows small amounts of red seaweed can greatly...

Looking at how addition reactions occur on conjugated polyunsaturated systems.

Introducing aldol condensation and enolate chemistry in general.

For this one we will need to understand the basics about Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reactions, and we also should be able to gauge the stability of various potential conjugate bases.

Acids! Bases! Conjugate acids! Conjugate bases! We definitely have to be able to label such things, and we should also know how to state which direction in an acid-base equilibrium is preferred. To do this we should know how to tell...

Organic Chemistry Practice Exam 12

We've learned about radical bromination for alkanes, but there is another method of radical bromination that can be applied to allylic and benzylic systems. This utilizes the reagent NBS, and it can be a useful synthetic technique. Let's...