Mechanisms 

  1. Free radical substitution

  2. Nucleophilic substitution

    1. At alkyl carbon
      1. The SN2 mechanism

      2. The SN1 mechanism

    2. At acyl carbon

     

  3. Electrophilic aromatic substitution

    4.  

  4. Electrophilic addition

    1. Electrophilic ionic addition to alkenes and alkynes

      2.  

      Hydroboration via the transition state:

      Ozonolysis

       

       

    2. Electrophilic addition to conjugated dienes
      1. The pericyclic (concerted) Diels-Alder reaction

      2. 1,2 and 1,4 addition

    3. Free radical addition to alkenes

      4.  

  5. Nucleophilic addition to aldehydes and ketones

    6.  

     

    1. The Wittig reaction

    2. The Cannizzaro reaction

      3.  

    3. The Aldol condensation

    4. Mutarotation

  6. Elimination reactions

    1. The E2 mechanism

    2. The E1 mechanism

  7. Rearrangements

    1. Carbocation rearrangements

      2.  

    2. Allylic radical rearrangement

    3. Keto-enol tautomerism

     

  8. Enolate ion chemistry

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