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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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Oxidation Mechanism of A Peroxide reacting with a sulfide to form Anthracene

I have the following reaction: A peroxide reacting with a sulfide to form anthracene, sulfoxide and water or sulfoxide and water depending on the reactant. The reaction is from a paper discussing the …
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Simmons-Smith reaction, example reaction

Does this reaction work in theory? It's based on the Simmons–Smith reaction but with ZnCCl$_4$ instead of ZnCH$_2$Cl$_2$.
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Calcium chloride as a drying agent for solutions

I'm aware of the reaction Calcium chloride has with water vapour and how it can therefore be used as a good and inexpensive drying agent but could that be applicable for solutions? For example if ther …
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Reaction of unsaturated lactone and alcohol

Image source I found this equation to turn this compound into an ketoester but I am unsure of the reaction mechanism. I postulate that the alcohol attacks the carboxyl carbon, the O becomes formally …
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Why use Stork enamine alkylation?

I recently learned about the Stork enamine alkylation method of adding electrophiles to the beta carboxyl position on a molecule. But I can't seem to find out why a direct synthesis is not possible (o …
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Reaction Mechanism for a radical ring opening

I have a radical reaction which I got from an organic chemistry lecture and was drawing the possible mechanism for it. Fig 2. shows my thought process. The I is removed making a radical and ISnBu$_3$. …
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SN1 mechanism on 3,5-dimethylbenzyl bromide [closed]

I wanted to see how to make the product on the right so my thought was to have an SN1 reaction to remove water and have the bromine ion attack making the product on the right hand side. Is this theore …
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