Identify Core Mechanism

There could be five “different” reactions, but actually they are the same core mechanism. If they can identify an electrophile and a nucleophile and how they get together in a particular context, then they understand all five of the reactions and another 55 too, if they choose to. The ultimate goal is that they have a skill-set, a set of tools, that allows them to meet any reaction, even reactions they have not seen before, and apply the concepts, use the tools, and get a handle on what is actually happening.