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Rémi Ouellette Blog #3

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 KETO-ENOL TAUTOMERISM     Hello! It's Rémi again! For this blog post, I decided to write about a chemistry-related subject again. So, I chose one that was related to a reaction we saw in class recently. This blog post will be about keto-enol tautomerism. My source for this blog: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Organic_Chemistry_(LibreTexts)/22%3A_Carbonyl_Alpha-Substitution_Reactions/22.01%3A_Keto-Enol_Tautomerism Important organic chemistry vocabulary: Enol: An enol is a moiety containing an alcohol (OH) linked to a carbon-carbon double bond. Ketone: A ketone is a moiety that consists of a carbon atom linked with a double bond to an oxygen atom and also to two other carbon chains. Tautomerism: Tautomerism, as seen in the previous image, is when a molecule can change between two different forms, simply by rearranging its atoms. These two molecules usually have different levels of stability. So, the more stable form, which is usually the keto for...
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Rémi Ouellette Blog #2

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 RESOLUTION OF RACEMIC MIXTURES     Hi guys! It's still Rémi! For this blog post, I decided to write about something different from engineering. In fact, in chemistry class, I recently learned about enantiomers and diastereomers. So, I decided to read more on the subject. I read an article on the resolution of racemic mixtures because my teacher taught us it was an annoying process, and I wanted to learn more about it. Example of an enantiomer ((S)-2-hydroxypropanoic acid and (R)-2-hydroxypropanoic acid): My source for this post: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Athabasca_University/Chemistry_350%3A_Organic_Chemistry_I/05%3A_Stereochemistry_at_Tetrahedral_Centres/5.08%3A_Racemic_Mixtures_and_the_Resolution_of_Enantiomers Important organic chemistry vocabulary: Chiral carbon: A chiral carbon is a carbon atom linked with four different atoms or moieties. If a molecule contains a chiral atom, the molecule is said to be chiral. It will deviate polarized light. S or R confi...
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Rémi Ouellette Blog #1

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BIOENGINEERING AT MCGILL               Hello, my name is Rémi, and today I will be writing my first entry on my new blog. I have always loved science and mathematics, and that's why I'm interested in becoming an engineer after I'm done with cégep. This will be the subject of my blog. This week, I read the Bioengineering admission page on the McGill website and this blog post will be related to it. In fact, the engineering field that interests me the most is Bioengineering. My source for this post: https://www.mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/program/bioengineering Summary             Bioengineering is one of the newest engineering fields. In Canada, one of the only places where one can study to become a bioengineer is McGill University. There are prerequisites if one wants to be accepted in the undergraduate program which are the basic natural science classes. Also, in the las...
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