Comments on: Acid Base Reactions In Organic Chemistry

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:19:27 +0000

In reply to Daniel Costello. Ah yes. Embarrassing. Fixed - thank you!

By: Chris G

Chris G — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:36:48 +0000

Why does water act as an acid or as a base? If Kw of water is 1×10-14, wouldn’t the formation of H3O+ and OH- be highly unfavorable?

By: Addition Reactions: Elimination’s Opposite — Master Organic Chemistry

Addition Reactions: Elimination’s Opposite — Master Organic Chemistry — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:55:54 +0000

[…] previous series, we’ve discussed acid-base reactions, nucleophilic substitution reactions, and elimination reactions. These represent three of the four […]

By: Daniel Costello

Daniel Costello — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:32:17 +0000

I believe your ammonia product may have an extra pair of electrons on it :)

By: Positivelylu

Positivelylu — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 05:57:55 +0000

I read this and realized that the past month of Organic I has been one big lesson on the factors that stabilize a negative charge. I kind of had a sense that electrons and their charge was the most important factor of organic, but reading this post has allowed me to step back and understand the bigger picture. Thank you!

By: james

james — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:29:23 +0000

In reply to Jess. yes! exactly!

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:04 +0000

For the last example, do you mean the reaction is unfavorable b/c you’re going from a MORE stable anion to a LESS stable anion?