Talk:Mod:musiq-child
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Cp: Structures and energies look fine. Why is 2 kinetically preferred? What structural features contribute to the greater bend energy in 3?
NAD: Basic explanation re: stereocontrol OK. It's not right to expect that the higher energy conformation of 5 will be "preferred"...except in the sense that it fits your mechanistic explanation!
Taxol: "Up" isomer 9 looks good. For "down" isomer 10, you've accidentally added a Me group to the alkene! I don't understand how you conclude that 9 is "locked into" the (higher energy) twist boat form. Why (in terms of structural features) is the alkene unreactive?
Carbene: Mostly OK but C-Cl frequencies look odd.
No project??? Pity, since you made a good attempt at the earlier parts!