Saytzeff's rule is the result of empirical observations, and can be used to predict the outcome of elimination reactions. Now, ab initio calculations have provided the long-sought evidence to show ...

THE replacement of the hydrogen of a methine group in a number of conjugated organic compounds by an alkyl radical causes a batho- or hypso-chromic shift in the principal absorption maxima. This ...

Halogen bonding, hyperconjugation, electroactive polymers -- such subjects are typical fare in graduate-level chemistry courses. But how many classes challenge students to explain the concepts to the ...