Monthly Archives: January 2016

Rosenmund-von Braun Reaction

Rosenmund-von Braun Reaction

General Characteristics Aromatic nitriles can be synthesized from the corresponding aryl halides using copper(I) cyanide. The reaction tends to require high temperature conditions but is ...

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Thiol-ene Reaction

Thiol-ene Reaction

General Characteristics Thiols and alkenes undergo free-radical mediated S-C bond formation known as thiol-ene reaction. Thanks to its high chemoselectivity and functional group tolerance, it is ...

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Thorpe-Ingold Effect

Thorpe-Ingold Effect

General Characteristics The effect of geminal substitution in linear molecules that promotes cyclization is referred to as the Thorpe-Ingold effect (aka. gem-dialkyl effect). General References ...

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Bioconjugation

Bioconjugation

General Characteristics Bioconjugation is a process of covalently functionalizing biological molecules. It is most relevant to protein chemistry and is one of the newest topics in reaction ...

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