The journal of chemical education has many little gems providing inspiration for laboratory experiments. Jonathan Piard reports one based on the reaction below[cite]10.1021/ed4005003[/cite]; here I investigate the mechanism of this transformation.
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Mechanism of the solvatochromic reaction of a spiropyran.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015The formation of cyanohydrins: re-writing the text books. ! or ?
Friday, March 4th, 2011Nucleophilic addition of cyanide to a ketone or aldehyde is a standard reaction for introductory organic chemistry. But is all as it seems? The reaction is often represented as below, and this seems simple enough.