Long ago I learned a simple rule in Organic Chemistry. Practically every synthetic organic transformation and corresponding reaction mechanism can be described in entirety as a series of attacks of nucleophiles (Nu) on electrophiles (E). This simple rule was so etched into my psyche that it became unconscious. This article is dedicated to my current students who are voluntarily, and quite eagerly, undergoing my facilitated “reorganization” of their thought patterns in their endeavor to learn the logic of Organic Chemistry.
