organic chemistry

Alkyne halogenation describes the addition of halogen molecules across carbon–carbon triple bonds to yield dihaloalkenes and, with excess halogen, tetrahaloalkanes. This respo...

Cis and trans isomers differ in the relative positions of substituents around a double bond or ring. Trans isomers are typically more stable than cis isomers because they minimi...

The defining structural feature of a ketone is the carbonyl functional group, a carbon–oxygen double bond (C=O) flanked by two carbon atoms (R-CO-R'). This distinguishes keton...