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Why does alpha-carbon substituents increase the rate of E2 reactions?
The reason for more reactivity of more substituted alkyl halides for E2 Reaction is said to be due to the more stability of its more substituted alkene character having transition state but here (...
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NMR and dienes to isolate certain isotopes?
I am looking to achieve isotope separation using transition states.
In the rxn of dienes with halogens, based on the temperature, the dienes can create a thermodynamic product or a kinetic product. ...
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Investigating the effect of solvents (protic vs aprotic) on the alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate using a conductivity meter
What different areas about solvents can be explored with the conductivities collected of the alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in propanone and ethanol?
$$\ce{CH3COOC2H5 + NaOH -> CH3COONa + ...
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Kinetic vs thermodynamic control of HBr to 1,3-Butadiene
The author claims that the transition state leading to the formation of the 1,2 product from the allylic carbocation is lower in energy since the carbon (which is attached to Br in the 1,2 product) is ...
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Ambimodal transition states in some organic reaction pathways
In many computational studies, mechanisms appear to have so-called ambimodal transition states, i.e. a transition state which can lead to multiple products, in conflict to the common undergraduate ...
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