Wipf Organic Synthesis Problem Sets
TOPICS
Guidelines for WOSYPROSS
group meetings:
• Name reactions, fields of research, new techniques, as well as specific research papers
are
of interest for us; please try to actively engage the audience; if necessary, use Swiss chocolate bribes.
• The specific topic for a WOSYPROSS session should be announced ca. 1-3
weeks before
the
meeting. It most often correlated to a review, journal publication, research area, or text book chapter.
• If the topic deals with actual reaction mechanisms, students will have
to
show
detailed
transformations
on
the
board,
including
correct reaction arrows.
• All Group Members are required to attend and – especially – expected to participate.
For Solutions, click here.
For general sources of information for reaction mechanisms and name reactions, see:
- http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/
- http://www.chemiestudent.de/namen/namensreaktionen.php
- http://www.monomerchem.com/display4.html
- http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/reich/syntheses/syntheses.htm
- http://www.synarchive.com/named-reactions
For synthetic organic chemistry problems, noteworthy total syntheses and important reaction information, see:
- https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lcso/group/meetings/synthesis-problems/
- http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/reich/syntheses/syntheses.htm
- Dave Evans Problem Set Generator
For tables of pKa's,
see:
Nucleophilicity depends on many factors (15-20 different parameters, including solvation effects). Therefore, it is very difficult to establish a general nucleophilicity order for all common nucleophiles in different solvents. For some general effects, see:
- the nucleophilic reactivity scale
