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Oxymercuration reaction, the Glossary

Index Oxymercuration reaction

In organic chemistry, the oxymercuration reaction is an electrophilic addition reaction that transforms an alkene into a neutral alcohol.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Acetal, Alcohol (chemistry), Alkene, Alkyne, Aqueous solution, Carbocation, Cis–trans isomerism, Claisen rearrangement, Cyclohexane conformation, Double bond, Electrophile, Electrophilic addition, Enol ether, Hydroboration–oxidation reaction, Hydroxy group, Lewis acids and bases, Markovnikov's rule, Mercury(II) acetate, Mukaiyama hydration, Nucleophile, Onium ion, Organic chemistry, Organic redox reaction, Organomercury chemistry, Resonance (chemistry), Sodium borohydride, Syn and anti addition, Tertiary carbon.

  2. Carbon-heteroatom bond forming reactions

Acetal

In organic chemistry, an acetal is a functional group with the connectivity.

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Alcohol (chemistry)

In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.

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Alkene

In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.

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Alkyne

\ce \ce Acetylene \ce \ce \ce Propyne \ce \ce \ce \ce 1-Butyne In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond.

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Aqueous solution

An aqueous solution is a solution in which the solvent is water.

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Carbocation

A carbocation is an ion with a positively charged carbon atom.

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Cis–trans isomerism

Cis–trans isomerism, also known as geometric isomerism, describes certain arrangements of atoms within molecules.

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Claisen rearrangement

The Claisen rearrangement is a powerful carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction discovered by Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

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Cyclohexane conformation

Cyclohexane conformations are any of several three-dimensional shapes adopted by molecules of cyclohexane.

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Double bond

In chemistry, a double bond is a covalent bond between two atoms involving four bonding electrons as opposed to two in a single bond.

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Electrophile

In chemistry, an electrophile is a chemical species that forms bonds with nucleophiles by accepting an electron pair.

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Electrophilic addition

In organic chemistry, an electrophilic addition (AE) reaction is an addition reaction where a chemical compound containing a double or triple bond has a π bond broken, with the formation of two new σ bonds.

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Enol ether

In organic chemistry an enol ether is an alkene with an alkoxy substituent.

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Hydroboration–oxidation reaction

Hydroboration–oxidation reaction is a two-step hydration reaction that converts an alkene into an alcohol. Oxymercuration reaction and Hydroboration–oxidation reaction are addition reactions.

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Hydroxy group

In chemistry, a hydroxy or hydroxyl group is a functional group with the chemical formula and composed of one oxygen atom covalently bonded to one hydrogen atom.

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Lewis acids and bases

A Lewis acid (named for the American physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis) is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct.

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Markovnikov's rule

In organic chemistry, Markovnikov's rule or Markownikoff's rule describes the outcome of some addition reactions.

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Mercury(II) acetate

Mercury(II) acetate, also known as mercuric acetate is a chemical compound, the mercury(II) salt of acetic acid, with the formula Hg(O2CCH3)2.

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Mukaiyama hydration

The Mukaiyama hydration is an organic reaction involving formal addition of an equivalent of water across an olefin by the action of catalytic bis(acetylacetonato)cobalt(II) complex, phenylsilane and atmospheric oxygen to produce an alcohol with Markovnikov selectivity. Oxymercuration reaction and Mukaiyama hydration are addition reactions and carbon-heteroatom bond forming reactions.

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Nucleophile

In chemistry, a nucleophile is a chemical species that forms bonds by donating an electron pair.

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Onium ion

In chemistry, an onium ion is a cation formally obtained by the protonation of mononuclear parent hydride of a pnictogen (group 15 of the periodic table), chalcogen (group 16), or halogen (group 17).

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Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.

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Organic redox reaction

Organic reductions or organic oxidations or organic redox reactions are redox reactions that take place with organic compounds.

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Organomercury chemistry

Organomercury chemistry refers to the study of organometallic compounds that contain mercury.

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Resonance (chemistry)

In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.

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Sodium borohydride

Sodium borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate and sodium tetrahydroborate, is an inorganic compound with the formula (sometimes written as). It is a white crystalline solid, usually encountered as an aqueous basic solution.

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Syn and anti addition

In organic chemistry, syn- and anti-addition are different ways in which substituent molecules can be added to an alkene or alkyne. Oxymercuration reaction and syn and anti addition are addition reactions.

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Tertiary carbon

A tertiary carbon atom is a carbon atom bound to three other carbon atoms.

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See also

Carbon-heteroatom bond forming reactions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymercuration_reaction

Also known as Demercuration, Oxymercuration, Oxymercuration-demercuration, Oxymercuration-demercuration reaction, Oxymercuration-reduction, Oxymercuration-reduction reaction.