Reaction Mechanisms Course
Dive into essential reaction mechanisms for nitration, benzylic oxidation, and acyl substitution. Gain skills to predict intermediates, manage side reactions, select safer greener conditions, and enhance yield, selectivity, and reliability in your organic chemistry work. Perfect for building confidence in mechanism-driven synthesis and experimental design.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
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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. You'll learn to anticipate side reactions, adjust conditions for better selectivity, incorporate safety and sustainable practices, and confidently design experiments while troubleshooting scale-up issues.
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Develop skills
- Master curved arrow notation to track electron flow, intermediates, and rate-determining steps.
- Diagnose and minimise side reactions with targeted mechanism-based approaches.
- Optimise nitration for selective para-nitrotoluene production while preventing excess nitration.
- Refine benzylic oxidations to carboxylic acids, steering clear of over-oxidation or unwanted reductions.
- Fine-tune acid chloride and benzamide synthesis through controlled nucleophilic acyl substitution.
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