Mechanism Reviews

Each of the following reviews will take you through key mechanisms step by step to help you study them. Mechanisms not reviewed here will not be asked about on exams.

• Chapter 13
  • Allylic Substitution
  • Electrophilic attack on conjugated dienes
• Chapter 15
  • General electrophilic aromatic subsititution mechanism
    • Halogenation
    • Nitration
    • Sulfonation
    • Friedel-Crafts alkylation
    • Friedel-Crafts acylation
• Chapter 16
  • Acid-catalyzed acetal formation
  • Acetal hydrolysis--reverse of acetal formation mechanism
  • Imine formation
  • Imine hydrolysis--reverse of imine formation mechanism
  • Comparison of Acetal and Imine mechanisms
• Chapter 17
  • Aldol Reaction
  • Aldol Condensation
  • Michael Addition
• Chapter 18
  • Esterification
  • Acid Hydrolysis of an Ester
  • Basic Hydrolysis of an Ester
  • Amide Hydrolysis
    • Acid promoted
    • Base promoted
• Chapter 19
  • Claisen Condensation