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Acetoacetic Ester Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Acid catalysed hydrolysis of esters . . .
Detail at the mechanism for the hydrolysis of esters in the presence of a dilute acid (such as hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid) acting as the catalyst. Chemguide

Acyloin Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Alder-Ene Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Aldol Addition
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Aldol Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Appel Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Appel Reaction
... converts an alcohol to an alkyl halide

Arbuzov Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Arndt-Eistert Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Azo Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Baddeley Reaction
Isomerization of 2,5-dialkylacetophenones in presence of aluminum chloride to 3,5- and 3,4-dialkylacetophenones

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
Baeyer-Villiger Rearrangement

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Balz-Schiemann Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Bamford-Stevens Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Barton-McCombie Reaction (Barton Desoxigenation)
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Baylis-Hillman Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Beckmann Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Benzilic Acid Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Benzoin Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Biginelli Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Birch Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Bischler-Napieralski Reaction
Synthesis of 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines from the beta-ethylamides. Organic Chemistry Portal

Blaise Reaction
Synthesis of β-enamino esters or β-keto esters via the zinc-mediated reaction of nitriles with α-haloesters. Organic Chemistry Portal

Blanc Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Bouveault-Blanc Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Brook Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Brown Hydroboration
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Bucherer-Bergs Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Buchwald-Hartwig Chemistry
Historical context; development of initial catalytic systems; mechanistic studies and rational design; reaction scope - Format: PDF

Buchwald-Hartwig Cross Coupling Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Cadiot-Chodkiewicz Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Cannizaro Oxidation Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

CBS Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Chan-Lam Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Claisen Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Claisen Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Clemmensen Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Conia-Ene Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Cope Elimination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Cope Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Corey-Bakshi-Shibata Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Corey-Fuchs Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Corey-Kim Oxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Corey-Winter Olefin Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Coumarin Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Cross Metathesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Curtius Rearrangement (Reaction)
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Dakin Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Dakin West Reaction
... converts an amino acid and an anhydride to an acylamino ketone

Dess-Martin Oxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Diazotation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Dieckmann Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Diels-Alder Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Directed ortho Metalation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Doebner Modification
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Eglinton Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ene Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Epoxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Eschweiler-Clarke Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ester Pyrolysis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Esterification reaction
Detail at the mechanism for the formation of esters from carboxylic acids and alcohols in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid acting as the catalyst. Chemguide

Favorskii Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Finkelstein Reaction
An alkyl halide is converted into another alkyl halide

Fischer Esterification
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Fischer Indole Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Fischer Tropsch Reaction
The Molecular Basis of the Fischer Tropsch Reaction. Dissertation, 2002 - Format: PDF

Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Friedlaender Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Fries Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Fukuyama Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Gabriel Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Gewald Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Glaser Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Grignard Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Grubbs Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Haloform Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hantzsch Dihydropyridine Synthesis (Pyridine Synthesis)
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hay Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Heck Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Henry Reaktion
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hofmann Elimination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hofmann Rearrangement
... converts a primary amide to a primary amine

Hofmann's Rule
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hosomi-Sakurai Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hunsdiecker Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Hydration of ethene to make ethanol
The mechanism for the hydration of ethene to make ethanol using phosphoric(V) acid as the catalyst. Chemguide

Hydroboration
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Iwanow Reaction (Reagent)
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Jones Oxidation
... oxidizes alcohols using chromic trioxide and acid in water

Julia Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Julia Olefination, modified
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Julia-Kocienski Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Julia-Lythgoe Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kabachnik-Fields Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kindler Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Knoevenagel Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kochi Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kolbe Electrolysis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Kumada Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Lawesson’s Reagent
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Leuckart Thiophenol Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Luche Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Malonic Ester Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Mannich Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Markovnikov's Rule
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Markovnikov's Rule
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

McMurry Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Michael Addition
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Mitsunobu Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Modified Julia Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Mukaiyama Aldol Addition
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Multicomponent Reactions
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Nef Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Nef Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Negishi Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Newman-Kwart Rearrangement
In the NKR a intramolecular aryl migration of O-thiocarbamates at high temperatures leads to S-thiocarbamates. Organic Chemistry Portal

Nitroaldol Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Nozaki-Hiyama Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Olefin Metathesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Olefin Metathesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Oppenauer Oxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Organosilicon Reactions
Named Organosilicon Reactions - Format: PDF

Overman Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Oxy-Cope Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Paal-Knorr Furan Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Paal-Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Paal-Knorr Thiophene Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Passerini Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Paterno-Büchi Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pauson-Khand Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pechmann Condensation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Perkin Reaction
Perkin Condensation

Peterson Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pictet-Spengler Reaction
Pictet-Spengler tetrahydroisoquinoline synthesis

Pinacol Coupling Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pinacol Rearrangement
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pinner Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Prilezhaev Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Prins Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Pschorr Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Reformatsky Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Reimer-Tiemann Reaction
... converts a phenol to an o-hydroxy benzaldehyde

Ring Opening Metathesis (Polymerization)
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ritter Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Robinson Anellation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Rosenmund Reduction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Rubottom Oxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Sakurai Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Sandmeyer Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Saytzeff's Rule
Description and mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Schiemann Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Schlosser Modification
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Schmidt Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Schotten-Baumann Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Shapiro Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Sharpless Epoxidation
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Simmons-Smith Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Sonogashira Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Staudinger Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Steglich Esterification
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Stetter Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Stille Coupling
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Strecker Synthesis
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Suzuki Coupling
The palladium-catalysed cross coupling between organoboronic acid and halides. Organic Chemistry Portal

Swern Oxidation
Synthesis of aldehydes and ketones from primary or secondary alcohols. Organic Chemistry Portal

Tebbe Olefination
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Tishhenko Reaction
Synthesis of esters from two equivalents of an aldehyde. Organic Chemistry Portal

Tusji-Trost Allylation
The palladium-catalyzed allylation of nucleophiles. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ugi Reaction
Rapid preparation of α-aminoacyl amide derivatives. Organic Chemistry Portal

Ullmann Reaction
Description of the reaction and detail at the mechanism. Organic Chemistry Portal

Upjohn Dihydroxylation
Syn-selective preparation of 1,2-diols from alkenes. Organic Chemistry Portal

Vilsmeier Reaction
Formylation of electron-rich arenes. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wacker-Tsuji Oxidation
Synthesis of ethanal from ethene by palladium-catalyzed oxidation with oxygen. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement
... converts an alcohol to an olefin

Weinreb Ketone Synthesis
Conversion of carboxylic acids to ketones or aldehydes. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wenker Synthesis
The synthesis of aziridines from 1,2-amino alcohols. Organic Chemistry Portal

Willgerodt-Kindler Reaction
The synthesis of amides from aryl ketones. Organic Chemistry Portal

Williamson Synthesis
The preparation of a wide variety of unsymmetric ethers. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wittig Reaction
The preparation of an alkene by the reaction of an aldehyde or ketone. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wittig: [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement
A base-promoted reaction of ethers to yield secondary or tertiary alcohols. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wittig: [2,3]-Wittig Rearrangement
Synthesis of homoallylic alcohols. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wittig-Horner Reaction
The reaction of aldehydes or ketones leads to olefins with excellent E-selectivity. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wohl-Ziegler Reaction
The bromination of allylic positions with N-bromosuccinimide. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wolff Rearrangement
The generation of ketenes from α-diazoketones. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wolff-Kishner Reduction
The reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alkanes. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wurtz Reaction
The Wurtz Coupling produces the simple dimer derived from two equivalents of alkyl halide. Organic Chemistry Portal

Wurtz-Fittig Reaction
Alkylation of aryl halides. Organic Chemistry Portal

Yamaguchi Esterification
... converts a carboxylic acid and an alcohol to an ester

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