Conjugated unsaturated systems have a p orbital on a carbon adjacent to a double bond The p orbital can come from another double or triple bond The p orbital may be the empty p orbital of a carbocation or a p orbital with a single electron in it (a radical)

The reactivity of organometallic compounds increases with the percent ionic character of the carbon-metal bond. RLi and RMgX are of great importance in organic synthesis

Primary alcohols can be oxidized to aldehydes and carboxylic acids

Carbonyl compounds are a broad group of compounds that includes aldehydes, ketones,carboxylic acids, and esters

11.15A Ethers by Intermolecular Dehydration of Alcohols

Acid-Catalyzed hydration of Alkenes Oxymercuration-Demeruration Hydroboration-Oxidation

Alcohols are compounds whose molecules have a hydroxyl group attached to a saturated carbon atom

10.7 The Geometry of Alkyl Radicals 10.8 Reactions That Generate Tetrahedral Stereocenters 10.9 Radical Addition to Alkenes: TheAnti-Markovnikov Addition ofHydrogen Bromide

10.3 The Reactions of Alkanes with Halogens 10.3 A Multiple Substitution Reactions Versus Selectivity 10.4 Chlorination of Methane:Mechanism of Reaction

10.1A Production of Radicals 10.2A Homolytic Bond Dissociation Energies and Heats of Reaction