CH 320N Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organolithium Reagent, Organic Chemistry
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Functional groups react the same in different molecules. -> chemists classify groups of atoms that take part in characteristic reactions as functional groups such as oh groups, carbonyls, haloalkanes or enolates. Although functional groups can influence each other in some complex molecules, functional groups serve as the most generally useful organizing principle in organic chemistry because they mostly react the same in different molecules. Grignard reagents do not react with primary haloalkanes or vinylic halides, just epoxides (see rule 5. )
