Monthly Archives: January 2012

Why do halogen substituents make molecules more lipophilic?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by orgopete

This is a postmortem of a topic I read and did some research upon, but I don’t recall the details of some of the web pages I had followed. The original topic can be found in the link, Why do … Continue reading →

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SN1 vs SN2 reactions

Posted on January 13, 2012 by orgopete

The following is my comment on a forum post on how to decide whether a reaction should be an SN1 or an SN2 reaction. In my discussion of these reactions, I draw the distinction between what must happen at the … Continue reading →

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