Archive for May 24th, 2012

Surprises (?) in the addition of HCl to a carbonyl group.

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

HCl reacting with a carbonyl compound (say formaldehyde) sounds pretty simple. But often the simpler a thing looks, the more subtle it is under the skin. And this little reaction is actually my prelude to the next post.

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