Depending on whether you need to oxidize a primary alcohol to an aldehyde or a carboxylic acid, you can use either pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) or Jones reagent (a solution of chromium trioxide, CrO3 in aqueous sulfuric acid): Notice … Read more
The Diels-Alder reaction is very important in Organic Chemistry. In fact, Otto Diels and Kurt Alder received the 1950’s Chemistry Nobel Prize for the discovery of this reaction back in 1928. You will see it quite often in organic synthesis … Read more
Aldehydes and ketones can be prepared by a variety of methods. All of these and the corresponding mechanisms have already been covered previously, so if you need more details about the given reaction, just follow the link to open it … Read more
Alcohols can be oxidized into a variety of carbonyl compounds depending on the nature of the alcohol and the oxidizing agent used. Secondary alcohols can only be oxidized to ketones, while primary alcohols are oxidized to aldehydes and carboxylic acids, … Read more
