Named Reactions

Named reactions are an important part of organic chemistry. Below you will find a list of named reactions. I hope to add more information on the reactions, so watch this space...

Reaction Name

Acyloin Ester Condensation
Aldol Reaction
Arbuzov
Arndt-Eistert Synthesis
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
Bakelite process
Bamberger Triazine Synthesis
Bamford-Stevens
Barbier-Wieland Degradation
Barton
Baylis-Hillman
Beckmann Rearrangement
Benzidine Rearrangement
Benzilic Acid Rearrangement
Benzoin Condensation
Bergmann Azlactone Peptide Synthesis
Bergman Cyclisation
Birch Reduction
Blanc
Bucherer
Cannizzaro
Carroll
Chugaev
Claisen Ester Condensation
Claisen Rearrangement
Claisen-Schmidt Reaction
Clemmensen Reduction
Cope Elimination
Cope Rearrangement
Corey-Winter Fragmentation
Curtius Reaction
Dakin
Darapsky Degradation
Darzens Glydicid Ester Condensation
Delepine
Diazo Coupling
Diazotization
Diels-Alder
Dotz
Duff
Edman Degradation
Elbs
Ene
Ester pyrolysis
Favorskii Rearrangement
Favorskii-Babayan Synthesis
Fenton
Finkelstein
Fischer Peptide Synthesis
Fischer Indole Synthesis
Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
Friedlander Quinoline Synthesis
Fries Rearrangement
Gabriel Synthesis
Gattermann Synthesis
Glaser Coupling
Glycol Cleavage
Gomberg-Bachmann
Grignard
Haloform
Hantzsch Pyridine Synthesis
Heck
Hell-Volhard-Zelinskii
Henry
Hofmann Elimination
Hofmann Rearrangement
Hunsdiecker
Japp-Klingemann
Kiliani-Fischer Synthesis
Knoevenagel
Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis
Kolbe Electrolytic Synthesis
Kolbe Synthesis of Nitriles
Kolbe-Schmitt
Leuckart-Wallach
Lossen
Malonic Ester Synthesis
Mannich
McMurry
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
Michael
Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction
Mitsunobu
Nametkin Rearrangement
Nazarov Cyclisation
Neber Rearrangement
Nef
Ozonolysis
Passerini
Paterno-Buchi
Pauson-Khand
Perkin
Peterson
Pinacol
Pinner
Prilezhaev
Prins
Pummerer
Ramberg-Backlund
Reformatsky
Reimer-Tiemann
Ritter
Rosenmund Reduction
Sakurai
Sandmeyer
Sarett Oxidation
Schiemann
Schmidt
Sharpless Epoxidation
Simmons-Smith
Skraup Quinoline Synthesis
Stevens Rearrangement
Stork Enamine
Strecker Synthesis
Strecker Degradation
Tiffeneau-Demjanov
Vilsmeier
Vinylcyclopropane Rearrangement
von-Richter
Wadsworth Emmons
Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement
Wallach Rearrangement
Weiss
Willgerodt
Williamson Ether Synthesis
Wittig
Wittig Rearrangement
Wohl-Ziegler Bromination
Wolff Rearrangement
Wolff-Kishner Reduction
Wurtz




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