Description

https://joechem.io/videos/145 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). In this video, we keep hanging out with our good friend the ester enolate, this time taking the forms of 1,3 diesters, dicarbonyls, and ketoesters. Although we've seen the inner workings of the Claisen Condensation, this video is meant to remind us that we can still do plain ole' Sn2 with this class of nucleophiles. Luckily, we're Sn2 pros--so nothing actually new here.