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Drawing formal charges/ lone pairs?
I'm learning chemistry with Klein's Organic Chemistry as a second language right now:
From all of the cases above (oxgen, nitrogen, and carbon), you can see why you have to know how many lone pairs ...
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What is the "‡" symbol meaning in a reaction mechanism?
I was studying hydroboration from Clayden's Organic Chemistry [1, p. 1281] and the transition state had “‡” symbol in the upper right corner of the activated complex:
We know that this is not the ...
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What are SN1ʹ and SN2ʹ reactions?
I went through the problems 119 and 120 from chapter 4 Reaction mechanism of Singh's Conceptual problems in organic chemistry [1, p. 190] targeting nucleophilic substitution reactions for 3-bromo-3-...
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Side chain formation in polymerisation of ethylene
I am having difficulty understanding (or at least need confirmation of my understanding) of this diagram regarding the formation of sidechains of polyethylene. If someone could explain it, that would ...
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