Ryan Andrews
Organic Chemistry teacher | Verified Expert
With a focus on Organic Chemistry, I'm a graduate of Quinnipiac University, passionate about unraveling the complexities of carbon-based compounds. My tutoring approach blends fundamental principles with real-world applications, fostering a deeper understanding of the subject. Whether it's elucidating reaction mechanisms or demystifying synthesis pathways, I'm dedicated to guiding students toward mastery. Let's embark on this chemical journey together, breaking down barriers and igniting curiosity along the way.
Questions
What do the dashed lines represent in Bond Line Views?
Why do homodesmotic reactions give more accurate estimates of the intrinsic strain and the cyclic delocalization?
What is the difference between aliphatic and aromatic compounds?
Why only one of the enantiomers of glucose has that familiar sweet taste and only that enantiomer can fuel our cellular functioning?
Why can an anti-markovnikov radical addition of haloalkane only happen in presence of hydrogen peroxide?
Why does SiF4 act as a lewis acid?
How many structural isomers can be formed by monochlorination of methylcyclohexane?
What is an oxidative addition reaction?
What is the Lewis dot diagram for #NH_3#?
Are there any methods to help with memorizing the formulas of organic functional groups (ex. alcohol, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amine, & amide)?
What alkenes would give only an aldehyde with four carbons as a product of oxidative cleavage?
What is the trend in electronegativity with increasing atomic number?
What are two types of substituent positions around a chair?
How many NMR signals does #CH_3CH_3# show?
What alkyl group is CH2?
Which of these compounds can undergo an addition reaction? Why?
How are IR spectroscopy problems solved?
How does a pKa value relate to pH?
Which type of spectroscopy is more powerful?
Where will the major resonance structure have the formal charges?