Organic Name Reactions | Organic-ese
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- [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement
- [1,3]-Dipolar Cycloaddition
- [2,3]-Wittig Rearrangement
- [1,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements
- [1,5]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements
- [1,7]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements
- [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements
- [4+2]-Cycloaddition (see Diels-Alder Reaction)
- 4-Component Coupling Reaction (see Ugi Reaction)
- Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
- Acetylene Zipper Reaction
- Acyloin Condensation
- Akabori Amino Acid Reactions
- Aldol Reaction (Addition & Condensation)
- Algar-Flynn-Oyamada Reaction
- Alkyne Trimerisation
- Allan-Robinson Reaction
- Allylic Rearrangements
- Amadori Rearrangement
- Appel Reaction
- Arbuzov Reaction
- Arens-van Dorp Synthesis
- Arndt-Eistert Synthesis
- Auwers Synthesis
- Baeyer-Drewson Indigo Synthesis
- Baeyer-Villiger Reaction
- Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement
- Baldwin “Rules” for Ring Closure
- Bamberger Rearrangement
- Bamford-Stevens Reaction
- Barbier-type Coupling Reaction
- Barbier-Wieland Degradation
- Bart Reaction
- Barton Decarboxylation
- Barton-Kellogg Olefin Synthesis
- Barton-McCombie Reaction (Deoxygenation)
- Barton-Zard Reaction
- Baudisch Reaction
- Bayer Test
- Bayliss-Hillman Reaction
- Béchamp Reduction
- Beckmann Rearrangement
- Bénary Reaction
- Benkeser Reduction
- Benzidine Rearrangement
- Benzilic Acid Rearrangement
- Benzoin Condensation
- Bergius Process
- Bergman Reaction
- Bergmann Azlactone Peptide Synthesis
- Bermann-Zervas Carbobenzoxy Method
- Bergmann Degradation
- Bernthsen Acridine Synthesis
- Betti Reaction
- Biginelli Reaction
- Birch Reduction
- Bischler-Möhlau Indole Synthesis
- Bischer-Napieralski Reaction
- Blaise Ketone Synthesis
- Blaise Reaction
- Blanc Chloromethylation Reaction
- Blanc Reaction/Blanc Rule
- Bodroux Reaction
- Bogert-Cook Synthesis
- Bohn-Schmidt Reaction
- Boord Olefin Synthesis
- Borsche-Drechsel Cyclization
- Bouveault Aldehyde Synthesis
- Bouveault-Blanc Reduction
- Boyland-Sims Oxidation
- Bradsher Cyclization
- Bradsher Reaction
- Bredt’s Rule
- Brook Rearrangement
- Bucherer Carbazole Synthesis
- Bucherer Reaction
- Bucherer-Bergs Reaction
- Bucherer Carbazole Synthesis
- Buchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck Reaction
- Buchner Method of Ring Enlargement
- Buchwald-Hartwig Cross Coupling Reaction
- Bunnett Reaction (Radical-Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution)
- Cadiot-Chodkiewics Coupling
- Camps Quinoline Synthesis
- Cannizzaro Reaction
- Carroll Rearrangement
- Castro-Stephens Coupling
- Chapman Rearrangement
- Chichibabin Pyridine Synthesis
- Chichibabin Reaction
- Chugaev Reaction (“Tschugaeff” Olefination)
- Ciamician-Dennstedt Reaction
- Claisen Condensation
- Claisen Rearrangement
- Claisen-Schmidt Condensation
- Clemmensen Reduction
- Combes Quinline Synthesis
- Conia-Ene Reaction
- Conrad-Limpach Cyclization
- Contardi Reaction (a Sandmeyer Reaction)
- Cope Elimination Reaction
- Cope Rearrangement
- Corey-Bakshi-Shibata (CBS) Reduction
- Corey-Fuchs Reaction
- Corey-Kim Oxidation
- Corey-Winter Olefin Synthesis
- Cornforth Rearrangement
- Craig Method
- Criegee Reaction (Mechanism)
- Curtius Rearrangement
- Dakin Reaction
- Dakin-West Reaction
- Darzens Condensation
- Darzens Synthesis of Tetralin Derivatives
- Darzens-Nenitzescu Synthesis of Ketones
- de Mayo Reaction
- Delépine Reaction
- Demjanov Rearrangement
- Dess-Martin Oxidation
- D-Homo Rearrangement of Steroids
- Dieckmann Reaction
- Diels-Alder Reaction
- Dienes: Danishefsky, Roussard, Rawal
- Dienone-Phenol Rearrangement
- Dimroth Rearrangement
- Doebner Reaction
- Doebner-Miller Reaction
- Doering-LaFlamme Allene Synthesis
- Dötz Reaction
- Dowd-Beckwith Ring Expansion Reaction
- Duff Reaction
- Dutt-Wormall Reaction
- Eastwood Reaction (Deoxygenation)
- Edman Degradation
- Eherlich-Sachs Reaction
- Einhorn-Brunner Reaction
- Elbs Persulfate Oxidation
- Elbs Reactions
- Embe Degradation
- Emmert Reaction
- Ene Reaction
- Erlenmeyer-Plöchl Azlactone and Amino Acid Synthesis
- Eschenmoser Coupling Reaction (or Sulfide Contraction)
- Eschenmoser Fragmentation
- Eschenmoser-Claisen rearrangement
- Étard Reaction
- Evans Aldol Reaction (Auxiliary)
- Favorskii Rearrangement
- Favorskii-Babyan Synthesis
- Feist-Bénary Synthesis
- Fenton Reaction
- Ferrier Rearrangement
- Finkelstein Reaction
- Fischer Indole Synthesis
- Fischer Phenylhydrazine Synthesis
- Fischer Phenylhydrazone and Osazone Reactions
- Fischer-Hepp Rearrangement
- Fischer-Speier Esterification Method
- Flood Reaction
- Forster Diazoketone Synthesis
- Forster Reaction
- Franchimont Reaction
- Frankland Synthesis
- Frankland-Duppa Reaction
- Freund Reaction
- Friedel-Crafts Reactions
- Friedläender Synthesis
- Fries Rearrangement
- Fritsch-Buttenber-Wiechell Rearrangement
- Fujimoto-Belleau Reaction
- Gabriel Ethylenimine Method
- Gabriel Amine Synthesis
- Gabriel-Colman Rearrangement
- Gattermann Aldehyde Synthesis
- Gattermann-Koch Reaction
- Glaser Coupling
- Gomberg Free Radical Reaction
- Gomberg-Bachmann Reaction
- Gould-Jacob Reaction
- Graebe-Ullman Synthesis
- Griess Diazo Reaction
- Grignard Degradation
- Grignard Reaction
- Grob Fragmentation
- Grubbs Catalyst
- Grubbs Metathesis Reactions
- Grundmann Aldehyde Synthesis
- Guareschi-Thorpe Condensation
- Gutknecht Pyrazine Synthesis
- Haller-Bauer Reaction
- Haloform Reaction
- Hammick Reaction
- Hantzsch Dihydropyridine Synthesis
- Hantzsch Pyrrole Synthesis
- Harries Ozonide Reaction
- Haworth Methylation
- Haworth Phenanthrene Synthesis
- Hayashi Rearrangement
- Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction
- Henry Reaction
- Herz Reaction
- Hilbert-Johnson Reaction
- Hinsber Oxindole and Oxiquinoline Synthesis
- Hinsberg Sulfone Synthesis
- Hinberg Synthesis of Thiophene Derivatives
- Hoch-Campbell Aziridine Synthesis
- Hofmann Degradation or Elimination (Exhaustive Methylation)
- Hofmann Isonitrile Synthesis
- Hofmann Reaction
- Hofmann-Löffler-Freytag Reaction
- Hofmann-Martius Rearrangement
- Hofmann-Sand Reactions
- Hooker Reaction
- Houben-Fischer Synthesis
- Houben-Hoesch Reaction
- Hückel’s Rule
- Hunsdiecker Reaction (Borodine Reaction)
- HWE (Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons) Reaction
- Hydroboration Reaction
- Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement
- Ivanov Reaction
- Jacobsen Epoxidation
- Jacobsen Rearrangement
- Janovsky Reaction
- Japp-Klingemann Reaction
- Johnson-Claisen Rearrangement
- Jones Oxidation
- Julia Olefination
- Keck Reaction
- Kendall-Mattox Reaction
- Kiliani-Fischer Synthesis
- Kishner Cyclopropane Synthesis
- Knoevenagel Condensation
- Knoop-Oesterlin Amino Acid Synthesis
- Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis
- Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis
- Knorr Quinoline Synthesis
- Koch-Haaf Carboxylations
- Kochi Reaction
- Koenigs-Knorr Synthesis
- Kolbe Electrolytic Synthesis
- Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction
- Kostanecki Acylation
- Krafft Degradation
- Krapcho Decarboxylation
- Kröhnke Oxidation
- Kröhnke Pyridine Synthesis
- Kucherov Reaction
- Kuhn-Winterstein Reaction
- Kumada Cross Coupling
- Ladenburg Rearrangement
- Lehmstedt-Tanasescu Reaction
- Letts Nitrile Synthesis
- Leuckart Thiophenol Reaction
- Lindlar Catalyst
- Lossen Rearrangement
- Madelung Synthesis
- Malaprade Reaction
- Malonic Ester Synthesis
- Mannich Reaction
- Markovnikov’s Rule (Markownikow’s Rule)
- Marschalk Reaction
- Martinet Dioxindole Synthesis
- McFadyen-Stevens Reaction
- McLafferty Rearrangement
- McMurry Coupling Reaction
- Meerwein Arylation
- Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
- Meisenheimer Rearrangements
- Menschutkin Reaction
- Merrifield Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS)
- Mey Reaction
- Meyer Synthesis
- Meyers Aldehyde Synthesis
- Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement
- Michael Reaction
- Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction
- Mignonac Reaction
- Milas Hydroxulation of Olefins
- Mislow-Evans Rearrangement
- Mitsunobu Reaction
- Moffat Oxidation
- Moore Myers Cyclization
- Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction
- Mukaiyama-Michael Reaction
- Myers Aldehyde Synthesis
- Nagata Hydrocyanation
- Nazarov Cyclization Reaction
- Neber Rearrangement
- Nef Reaction
- Nef Synthesis
- Negishi Cross Coupling
- Nenitzescu Indole Synthesis
- Nenitzescu Reductive Acylation
- Nicholas Reaction
- Niementowski Quinazoline Synthesis
- Niementowski Quinoline Synthesis
- Nierenstein Reaction
- Norrish Type Cleavages (I & II)
- Noyori Hydrogenation
- Noazi-Hiyama-Kishi Reaction
- Ohira-Bestmann Homologation
- Olefin Metathesis
- Oppenauer Oxidation
- Overman Rearrangement
- Paal-Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis
- Parham Cyclization
- Parikh-Doering Reaction
- Passerini Reaction
- Paterno-Büchi Reaction
- Pauson-Khand Reaction
- Payne Rearrangement
- Pechmann Condensation
- Pechmann Pyrazole Synthesis
- Pellizzari Reaction Pelouze Synthesis
- Perkin Alicyclic Synthesis
- Perkin Reaction
- Perkin Rearrangement
- Perkow Reaction
- Peterson Olefination
- Petrenko-Krishenko Piperidone Synthesis
- Pfau-Plattner Azulene Synthesis
- Pfitzinger Reaction
- Pfitzner-Moffatt Oxidation
- Pictet-Gams Isoquinoline Synthesis
- Pictet-Hubert Reaction
- Pictet-Spengler Isoquinoline Synthesis
- Piloty-Robinson Synthesis
- Pinacol Coupling Reaction
- Pinacol Rearrangement
- Pinner Reaction
- Pinner Triazine Synthesis
- Piria Reaction
- Polonovski Reaction
- Pomeranz-Fritsch Reaction
- Ponzio Reaction
- Prévost Reaction
- Prilezhaev (Prileschajew) Reaction
- Prins Reaction Pschorr Reaction
- Pummerer Rearrangement
- Purdie Methylation
- Quelet Reaction
- Ramberg-Backlund Reaction
- Reformatsky (Reformatskii) Reaction
- Reimer-Tiemann Reaction
- Reissert Indole Synthesis
- Reissert Reaction
- Reverdin Reaction
- Riehm Quinoline Synthesis
- Riemschneider Thiocarbamate Synthesis
- Riley Oxidations
- Ritter Reaction
- Robinson Annulation
- Robinson-Schöpf Reaction
- Rosenmund Reduction
- Rosenmund-von Braun Synthesis
- Rothemund Reaction
- Rubottom Oxidation
- Ruf-Fenton Degradation
- Ruzicka Large Ring Synthesis
- Saegusa Oxidation
- Sakurai Reaction
- Sandmeyer Diphenylurea Isatin Synthesis
- Sandmeyer Isonitrosoacetanilide Isatin Synthesis
- Sandmeyer Reaction
- Sarett Oxidation
- Sanger’s Reagent
- Schiemann Reaction
- Schmidt Reaction
- Scholl REaction
- Schöllkopf Bis-Lactim Amino Acid Synthesis
- Schotten-Baumann Reaction
- Semmler-Wolff Reaction
- Serini Reaction
- Seyferth-Gilbert Homologation
- Shapiro Reaction
- Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylation
- Sharpless Asymmetric Epoxidation
- Sharpless Asymmetric Oxyamination
- Shi Epoxidation
- Simmons-Smith Reaction
- Simonini Reaction
- Smiles Rearrangement
- Sommelet Reaction
- Sommelet-Hauser Rearrangement
- Sonn-Müller Method
- Sonogashira Coupling
- Staudinger Reaction
- Stephens Aldehyde Synthesis
- Stetter Reaction
- Stevens Rearrangement
- Stieglitz Rearrangement
- Stille Coupling
- Stobbe Condensation
- Stollé Synthesis
- Stork Enamine Reaction
- Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis
- Strecker Degradation
- Strecker Sulfite Alkylation
- Suarez Reaction
- Sugasawa Reaction
- Suzuki Coupling
- Schwartz Reaction
- Swern Oxidation
- Tebbe Olefination
- Thiele Reaction
- Thorpe Reaction
- Tiemann Rearrangement
- Tiffeneau-Demjanov Rearrangement
- Tishchenko Reaction
- Traube Purine Synthesis
- Tscherniac-Einhorn Reaction
- Tsuji-Trost Reaction (Allylation)
- Ugi Reaction (4-Component Condensation)
- Ullmann Reaction
- Urech Cyanohydrin Method
- Urech Hydantoin Synthesis
- Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction
- Voight Amination
- Volhard-Erdmann Cyclization
- von Braun Amide Degradation
- von Braun Reaction
- von Richter (Cinnoline) Synthesis
- von Richter Rearrangement
- Vorbrüggen Glycosylation
- Wacker Oxidation
- Wagner-Jauregg Reaction
- Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement
- Walden Inversion
- Wallach Rearrangement
- Weerman Degradation
- Weinreb Amidation
- Westphalen-Lettré Rearrangement
- Wharton Reaction
- Weiss Reaction
- Whiting Reaction
- Wichterle Reaction
- Widman-Stoermer Synthesis
- Willgerodt-Kindler Reaction
- Williams Amino Acid Synthesis
- Williamson Synthesis
- Wittig Reaction
- Wohl-Ziegler Reaction
- Wolff Rearrangement
- Wolffenstein-Böters Reaction
- Wolff-Kishner Reaction
- Woodward cis-dihydroxylation
- Woodward Iodolactonization
- Woodward Rules
- Wurtz Reaction
- Wurtz-Fittig Reaction
- Zaitzev’s Rule (Saytseff’s Rule)
- Ziegler Method
- Zincke Disulfide Cleavage
- Zincke Nitration
- Zincke-Suhl Reaction
Organic Name Reactions
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