Tag: Shifts

Carbocation Rearrangements: Hydride and Methyl Shifts

A hydride is a hydrogen atom with two electrons and a negative -1 charge. An alkyl, or methyl, shift is the movement of an entire “R” group, where R can stand for any grouping of molecules. Having completed a multitude of practice reactions, one can see that the stability of intermediate...

Shifts

Shifts start their bloom innocently enough one moment you’re rehearsing dance steps to the rhythm of the ticking clock a step is a second an entire dance could take mere minutes You tap dance through years of lazy midnights drinking the dawn Read More