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The detailed (and as complete as possible) description of plausible or observable pathways leading from reactants to products of a chemical process. This tag should be applied to questions about these processes. It may be applied to hypothetical and/or proposed mechanisms.
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What is the mechanism for the conversion of thiourea to diazomethane?
I really want to know how this reaction works:
\begin{align}
\ce{SC(NH2)2 + 2 NH3 &-> CH2N2 + 2 NH4+ + S^2-}\\
(\ce{S=C(NH2)2 + 2 NH3 &-> H2C=N=N + S(NH4)2 })
\end{align}
This seems like it ought to …
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Fluorescein synthesis
This reaction is considered a modified Friedel-crafts acylation. The reaction is formally a series of electrophilic aromatic substitutions, with hydroxyl leaving groups picking up protons (1), however …
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What is the mechanism of addition of glycine into 5-chloro-N-methylisatoic anhydride?
The following transformation is involved in a step in the synthesis of diazepam:
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What is the mechanism of the transformation from the second to the third intermediate (N-methylisatoic anhydride …
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What is the mechanism of addition of glycine into 5-chloro-N-methylisatoic anhydride?
I came up with this, but DHMO proposed the same mechanism first.
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Which is the better leaving group in the following Cannizzaro reaction?
If you'd like to read more about this mechanism, you should out this paper:
Swain, C. G.; Powell, A. L.; Sheppard, W. A.; Morgan, C. R. Mechanism of the Cinazzaro Reaction, 1979, Am. Chem. Soc. 3576
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