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
How does the reactivity of a nucleophile change across a row in the periodic table?
What is an example of an acid-catalyzed alkoxylation?
What functional group is present in all carbohydrates?
What is IR spectroscopy and how does it work?
Why did Baeyer predict that cyclopentane would be the most stable of the cycloalkanes? Was that correct?
How does an aldehyde sugar differ from a ketone sugar?
How does an SN2 reaction affect stereochemistry?
Is nitrobenzene more reactive than benzoic acid for electrophilic substitution?
What is the stronger base: ammonia or ethoxide ion?
Why is carbene an electrophile?
How do you separate diastereomers?
Consider Diels-Alder reaction between two molecules of methylvinylketone.What product will be formed?
How many asymmetric centers and stereoisomers does 1-Bromo-3-methylcyclohexane have?
Can meso compounds rotate plane polarized light? Why or why not?
How can I draw all possible stereoisomers for 2-chloro-3-hexanol?
Why do solvents with low dielectric constants favor SN2 reactions?
Could anybody explain why the alpha hydrogen of the Carbon of acetophenone takes part in the aldol condensation reaction and not that of the one conjoined to the phenyl ring?
What do you get when you react benzaldehyde and acetophenone with a base?
Which orbital hybridization is associated with a tetrahedral charge cloud arrangement?
How do you convert primary alcohol to aldehyde?