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Use this tag for questions relating to organic molecules and their properties (structure of organic molecules, spectroscopic properties, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry etc). DO NOT use this tag as the only tag in your question, as this tag by itself cannot appropriately classify your question. Always use this tag in addition to other more specific tags.

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Why doesn't this reaction happen?

This elimination is unfavorable because C--C bonds are generally quite stable. Decarboxylation would involve the formation of an unstable carbanion before proceeding to the elimination as you have out …
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Polystyrene properties after dissolved by acetone

What is happening is not actually the polystyrene melting but rather it dissolving in the acetone solvent. This is a physical change and not chemically altering the polymer. It should still retain its …
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Alkene reaction with acid via SN1 reaction

My suspicion is that the resonance structures accessible to the allylic carbocation provide a lower energy state than the formation of the C--H single bond and the isolated carbocation that your expec …
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Natural Sources for S-(-)-Limonene?

I'm interested in developing an undergrad organic lab that delves deeper into distillation/extraction, optical rotation and enantiomers. Our lab currently does a steam distillation extracting R-(+)-Li …
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