The reaction of aldehydes and ketones with ammonia or 1º-amines forms imine derivatives, also known as Schiff…

Aldehydes and ketones contain the carbonyl group. Aldehydes are considered the most important functional group.…

Introduction It has been demonstrated that water adds rapidly to the carbonyl function of aldehydes…

In general, the steric effect refers from the fact that the atoms composing molecules occupy some degree…

Nucleophiles are basically electron rich species which have the ability to donate electron pairs, as…

Let's begin by recalling a couple of reactions which occur with alkyl halides, but only…

The primary structure of a protein is defined as the sequence of amino acids of which it…

Optical activity is the ability of a chiral molecule to rotate the plane of plane-polairsed light,…

Previously, constitutional isomers were defined as molecules that had the same molecular formula, but different…

Conformational Isomerism is a form of stereoisomerism where interconversions of isomers are possible by rotations…