May 2013
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A Mneumonic for Carbonyl Chemistry
quantum-alchemy:
So my ochem 3 professor told us to make a mneumonic to remember the acidities of different carbonyl and related functional groups in order to better understand carbonyl reaction chemistry. Here is mine:
Crazy! (Carboxylic Acid - pKa 5)
Don’t (let) (1,3 Diketone - pKa 9)
Kindergartners (Ketoester - pKa 11)
Drink (1,3 Diester - pKa 13)
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