Victor you are a life saver ! I did not know that the demercuration step scrambled all stereospecificity and just assumed there could only be anti stereoisomers for the final products. I greatly appreciate it.
Well, it doesn't scramble all stereochemistry, just the atom with the H, but yeah, it renders the entire reaction non-stereospecific. Also, the mechanism the way we show it is such a blasphemy, but no reason to overcomplicate it needlessly 😂
You're amazing sir! Very very helpful!
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Victor you are a life saver ! I did not know that the demercuration step scrambled all stereospecificity and just assumed there could only be anti stereoisomers for the final products. I greatly appreciate it.
Well, it doesn't scramble all stereochemistry, just the atom with the H, but yeah, it renders the entire reaction non-stereospecific. Also, the mechanism the way we show it is such a blasphemy, but no reason to overcomplicate it needlessly 😂
Oh my god, thanks for this video, please don't stop, keep going you're a great professor ( ˘ ³˘)♥
Thank you! I'm currently taking a small break after the spring semester, but I'm going to resume posting new videos very soon!