The Periodic Table

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Loong

7:22 AM

Isn't this picture dangerously misleading?

Jasmine

7:42 AM

Why are primary alcohols more nucleophilic than secondary and secondary more than tertiary?

Jasmine

8:11 AM

Please anyone help me on such a simple question

Jasmine

8:30 AM

I thought the vise versa but its steric factors

Thanks nevermind

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Gaurang Tandon

10:24 AM

@Loong aye, it really is. where did you come about it?

Loong

A: What does it mean if a functional group has "higher priority" in terms of IUPAC naming of organic compounds?

Whether trying to figure out if a double bond is "E" or "Z", or if a chiral center is "R" or "S", the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules (see the section "Assignment of priorities") are used to prioritize the groups. In the case of a double bond there are 2 substituents (a lone pair of electrons ...

not to mention the archaic use of "amu"

Gaurang Tandon

10:58 AM

@Loong :( you really should point this out there as a comment

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paracetamol

1:36 PM

@ringo Ah Kurti - Czako? Jan liked the book too :D

Thanks for the recommendation! O:)

Guess no one here's really heard of the Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods,ah well :P

@ringo Are there any other books along the same line (Organic Syntheses) that you would recommend (to a novice that's only looking to understand and appreciate the methods and means in the field)? Thanks!

@gannex Hullo! o/

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