5 Answered Questions for the topic Synthesis

11/24/19

Liver disease and triglycerides
People who eat a large amount of fattening foods often develop fatty liver disease. People with fatty liver disease often have large numbers of small droplets of triglycerides throughout their... more
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06/26/19

Is it possible, chemically, to change a dextrorotatory compound to its levorotatory counterpart?
Is it possible, chemically, to change a dextrorotatory compound to its levorotatory counterpart? E.g., is it possible to change dextrodopa to levodopa?
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Synthesis Organic Chemistry

06/24/19

Clemmensen reduction vs. Wolff-Kishner reduction?
In which cases is the Clemmensen reduction is preferred over the Wolff-Kishner reduction? One thing is that the Clemmensen reduction is done under acidic conditions whereas the Wolff-Kishner... more
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03/27/19

Why does fructose reduce Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution?
Even though fructose is a ketohexose (ketone-containing hexose, a six-carbon monosaccharide), it reduces Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution. Generally, a ketone does not reduces Tollen's... more
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03/13/19

How do you create primary amines from alcohols?
By a primary amine I mean a compound where the hydroxyl group of the corresponding alcohol is replaced with an amine group.
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