We know that sulfur can form sulfides $\ce{R2S}$, with two substituents bonded to it. The simplest example of this would be hydrogen sulfide. However, sulfur can also form sulfonium ions $\ce{R3S+}$, where 3 substituents are attached to the sulfur atom and a negatively-charged counteranion is p...

As I understand it, the electronic Schrödinger equation cannot be solved for polyelectronic systems. To circumvent this problem in the Hartree-Fock method, it is assumed that the polyelectronic wavefunction can be written as a combination of single-electron, molecular orbitals. To satisfy the ant...

I am forming 2,2-dimethoxyacetic acid from its methyl ester, and below is the experimental protocol I am following (from Tetrahedron 2016, 72 (3), 420–430): 2,2-Dimethoxy Acetic Acid Formation Add lithium hydroxide monohydrate ($\pu{89.5 mmol}$, $\pu{3.75 g}$, $\pu{1.2 equiv}$) to a s...