Here we consider the role of three principal physical factors—exchange, electrostatic and hyperconjugative interactions—underlying ethane's structural preference. Both hyperconjugation and exchange ...

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 ...

From their first organic chemistry course, students learn that the more substituted an alkane, the weaker the remaining C-H bonds, and the more stable the molecule's corresponding radical. The reason ...