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C=O nucleophilic addition
- Borohydride reduction
- Cyanide addition
- Hemiacetal formation
- Grignard and organolithium addition
C=O nucleophilic substitution
- Ester hydrolysis/formation - acid catalysis
- Amide formation from acid chloride
C=O addition - loss of carbonyl oxygen
- Acetal formation
- Cyclic acetal formation
- Enamine formation
- Wittig reaction
- Imine formation
Conjugate addition
- How conjugation changes the reactivity of carbonyl groups
- Enolisation
- Direct conjugate addition with enols
- Conjugate addition of enolates
- Robinson annelation
- Dimedone synthesis
Cycloadditions
- Ozonolysis
Electrophilic addition to alkenes
- Stereospecific addition
- Epoxidation peracid
- Unsymmetrical alkenes HBr
- Regioselective addition
- Diene bromination
Diels-Alder reactions
- Endo v Exo
- Diels Alder: orbital explanation for the endo rule
- Regioselectivity in Diels-Alder
- Dienophile stereochemistry
- Diene stereochemistry
Nucleophilic substitution
- Simple S_N2 reaction
- S_N1 and S_N2
- Carbocation structure and stability
Elimination
- E2 bimolecular examples
- E1 unimolecular
- E1cb unimolecular conjugate base
Electrophilic aromatic substition
- Nitration of benzene
- Friedel-Crafts alkylation
- Friedel-Crafts acylation
- Sulfonation of benzene
Enols and Enolates as nucleophiles
- Cyclopentanone Aldol - acid cat.
- Intramolecular aldol reactions
- Knoevenagel condensation
- Lithium enolates
- Mannich reaction
- Enolate acylation - Claisen condensation
Pericyclic reactions
- Cycloadditions
- Sigmatropic rearrangements
- Electrocyclic reactions
Atomic and Molecular Orbitals
- Atomic Orbitals
- Simple Molecular Orbitals
- Butadiene Molecular Orbitals
- Benzene Molecular Orbitals
- Aromaticity of cyclic polyenes
Molecular vibrations-IR
- Water
- Hydrogen Cyanide
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ammonia
- Boron Trifluoride
- Methane
- Ethylene(Ethene)
- Phophorus Pentafluoride
- Iron Pentacarbonyl
- Benzene
Dipoles and Electrostatic surfaces
- Small Polar Molecules
- Unsaturated Molecules
- Lone Pair Conjugation
- Hydration of Carbonyl Compounds
UV - conjugation
- Butadiene v Ethylene
- Linear Polyenes
- Coming soon
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This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy.

Explore the various sections to find the reaction(s) of interest to you.

News updates and **discussion forum** started
Jun 2008	Discussion forum opened and new pages under development now available. New logo designed by Lyndsey Vernon.
May 2008	Lecturers/Instructor's guide added
May 2008	Pericyclic reactions added based on Richard Windsor's project-1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, sigmatropic rearrangements, electrocyclic reactions
Feb 2008	Stereospecific E2 eliminations in acyclic and cyclic molecules added
Feb 2008	Molecular photo booth feature in resizable window view - works with IE
Feb 2008	UV spectroscopy and MOs added
Jan 2008	Atomic and bonding molecular orbitals for small molecules added
Jan 2008	Dipoles and electrostatic surfaces with HOMO and LUMO added
Dec 2007	Molecular vibrations - infra-red spectroscopy added
Dec 2007	Improved layout adopted and Search facility added

SN2

benzene surface

E2 elimination

benzene orbitals

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