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As a synthetic organic chemist what I would like at the end of the day are some white or colourless crystals. However, off-white, tan or yellow amorphous solid is more or less what you expect to end up with. But when I get bright pink, purple and green...
Three years later. I'm surprised that I still manage to keep Curly Arrow alive. The reason that things are still happening is you guys that read my stuff and send me some very positive and enthusiastic emails. I'm getting a lot of hits from Google and...
Leaving group activation of alcohols followed by nucleophilic substitution is routine stuff for the synthetic organic chemist. Just make the tosylate, nosylate, mesylate, triflate.... and things generally go according to plan. However, what if you are...