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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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How to predict which type of optical isomerism [closed]

When I learnt about optical activity in school, my teacher told me that there is no way to theoritically predict whether a compound is dextrorotatory or leuvorotatory. How is that possible?
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Why do Grignard reagents act as sources of nucleophilic R− and not Br−?

In reactions with Grignard reagents, I've always seen the alkyl group being the nucleophilic component, with the R–MgBr bond being broken. This is always rationalised by the fact that the alkyl carbon …
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Possibility of SET mechanism of Wurtz reaction

I was studying the Wurtz reaction, and I wanted to figure out the mechanism. When I searched the web, I came across the single electron transfer (SET) mechanism explanation. How can the alkyl group an …
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