We can't get enough of this addition of various species to alkenes. Yesterday was pretty much the final installment -- addition of H2, ozonolysis and di-hydroxylation were examples of reactions that we just have to know, without mechanistic details. One reaction in which the mechanism is approachable was the radical synthesis of some classes of polymers (we used polystyrene as an example).
A new podcast has been posted. It is a short-form of generic additions of various electrophiles to alkenes.
The image is that of an ozone generator. It is similar to the one that I used to destroy the rubber tubing many years ago.
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