Review Session Details
- Assessing the acidity of α-hydrogen on carbonyls
- Tautomerization of enols/enolates under basic and acidic conditions
- Understanding kinetic vs. thermodynamic enolates/enamines
- Know WHEN to do a enolate/enamine reaction instead of attacking the carbonyl
- Understanding how to use an enolate/enamine against various electrophiles (includes alpha-alkylation and alpha-halogenation)
- Halogenation in basic and acidic conditions for enolates/enols
- Reacting enolates/enamines with carbonyls (ex. Aldol reaction/condensation, Claisen reactions)
- E1cb Elimination in Aldol reactions (Dehydration products)
