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This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.
- Brown, William H., et al. “Chapter 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes.” Organic Chemistry, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, 2018.
- The Organic Chemistry textbook says that tertiary carbons are sp2 or sp3 hybridized.
- Libretexts. “7.9: Carbocation Structure and Stability.” Chemistry LibreTexts, Libretexts, 16 Sept. 2022, https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Athabasca_University/Chemistry_350%3A_Organic_Chemistry_I/07%3A_Alkenes-_Structure_and_Reactivity/7.09%3A_Carbocation_Structure_and_Stability.
- Tertiary carbons make the most stable carbocations because the surrounding carbons can stabilize the carbocation through hyperconjugation.
- Libretexts. “7.4: Sn1 Reaction Mechanism, Energy Diagram and Stereochemistry.” Chemistry LibreTexts, Libretexts, 16 Dec. 2021, https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Organic_Chemistry_I_(Liu)/07%3A_Nucleophilic_Substitution_Reactions/7.04%3A_SN1_Reaction_Mechanism_Energy_Diagram_and_Stereochemistry.
- Preferred for SN1 reactions as tertiary carbons produce a stable carbocation.
- Put energy diagram.
Brown, William H., et al. “Chapter 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes.” Organic Chemistry, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, 2018.
Libretexts. “7.9: Carbocation Structure and Stability.” Chemistry LibreTexts, Libretexts, 16 Sept. 2022,
Libretexts. “7.9: Carbocation Structure and Stability.” Chemistry LibreTexts, Libretexts, 16 Sept. 2022, https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Athabasca_University/Chemistry_350%3A_Organic_Chemistry_I/07%3A_Alkenes-_Structure_and_Reactivity/7.09%3A_Carbocation_Structure_and_Stability.
Libretexts. “7.4: Sn1 Reaction Mechanism, Energy Diagram and Stereochemistry.” Chemistry LibreTexts, Libretexts, 16 Dec. 2021, https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Organic_Chemistry_I_(Liu)/07%3A_Nucleophilic_Substitution_Reactions/7.04%3A_SN1_Reaction_Mechanism_Energy_Diagram_and_Stereochemistry.
