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Chapter 5: The Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes: An Introduction to Multi-step Synthesis

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• Electrophilic Additions
  An excellent and thorough overview of electrophilic addition to alkenes.
  
  
• Carbocation Rearrangements
  An equally exhaustive treatise on carbocation rearrangements.
  
  
• Radical Additions
  This site has a detailed introduction into radical addition to pi bonds.
  
  
• Degrees of Unsaturation
  This site offers several tutorials including determining degrees of unsaturation from a structure or formula.
  
  
• Retrosynthetic Analysis
  A very detailed discussion of retrosynthetic analysis.
  
  
• Alkyne Reactions
  A detailed study of different alkyne reactions, including good mechanistic discussions.
  
  
• Periodic Table
  This link provides access to a very nice electronic periodic table.
  
  
• Virtual Modeling
  This site has a virtual modeling set (Chime or Rasmol required).
  
  
• Organic Practice
  This site has multiple-choice questions on organic chemistry.
  
  
• Flashcards
  This site has Web-based flashcards.
  
  
• Roadmap
  A reaction roadmap shows interconversions of functional groups, etc.
  
  
• Organic Reaction Mechanisms
  Detailed information on virtually all types of organic reactions.
  
  
• MSDS Sheets
  Here is an excellent searchable database of MSDS sheets—good companion to an organic lab course.
  
  

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