Reaction Mechanisms Course
Dive into essential reaction mechanisms for nitration, benzylic oxidation, and acyl substitution. Master predicting intermediates, managing side reactions, and selecting safer, greener methods to enhance yield, selectivity, and dependability in your chemical experiments and projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course guides you through nitration, benzylic oxidation, acid chloride formation, and benzamide synthesis, emphasising electron movement, key intermediates, and rate-determining steps. Gain skills to foresee side reactions, adjust conditions for better selectivity, incorporate safety and sustainable practices, enabling confident experiment design and scale-up troubleshooting.
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Develop skills
- Master electron-flow arrows to confidently map intermediates and rate-determining steps.
- Diagnose and minimise side reactions with mechanism-driven approaches.
- Optimise nitration for selective p-nitrotoluene production while curbing polynitration.
- Refine benzylic oxidations to carboxylic acids, preventing overoxidation and nitro reduction.
- Precisely manage acyl chloride and benzamide synthesis through controlled nucleophilic acyl substitution.
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