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Reaction with Primary Amines to form Imines
The reaction of aldehydes and ketones with ammonia or 1º-amines forms imine derivatives, also known as Schiff…
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Nomenclature of Aldehydes & Ketones
Aldehydes and ketones contain the carbonyl group. Aldehydes are considered the most important functional group.…
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Acetal Formation
Introduction It has been demonstrated that water adds rapidly to the carbonyl function of aldehydes…
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Definition of Steric Effect
In general, the steric effect refers from the fact that the atoms composing molecules occupy some degree…
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What is a Nucleophile?
Nucleophiles are basically electron rich species which have the ability to donate electron pairs, as…
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Nucleophilic Substitution, SN2, SN1
Let's begin by recalling a couple of reactions which occur with alkyl halides, but only…
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The peptide bond and primary structure of proteins
The primary structure of a protein is defined as the sequence of amino acids of which it…
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Optical Activity
Optical activity is the ability of a chiral molecule to rotate the plane of plane-polairsed light,…
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Cis-Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes
Previously, constitutional isomers were defined as molecules that had the same molecular formula, but different…
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Conformations of Ethane and Butane
Conformational Isomerism is a form of stereoisomerism where interconversions of isomers are possible by rotations…