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Catellani reaction The Catellani reaction was discovered by Marta Catellani (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy) and co-workers in 1997. The reaction uses aryl iodides to perform bi- or tri-functionalization, includ… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Chan–Lam coupling Cross-coupling The Chan–Lam coupling reaction, also known as the Chan–Evans–Lam coupling, is a cross-coupling reaction between an aryl boronic acid and an alcohol or an amine to form the corresponding secondary aryl… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Chan rearrangement Rearrangement The Chan rearrangement is a chemical reaction that involves rearranging an acyloxy acetate (1) in the presence of a strong base to a 2-hydroxy-3-keto-ester (2).[1] Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Chapman rearrangement Rearrangement The Chapman rearrangement is the thermal conversion of aryl N-arylbenzimidates to the corresponding amides, via intramolecular migration of an aryl group from oxygen to nitrogen. It is named after Art… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Chichibabin pyridine synthesis The Chichibabin pyridine synthesis () is a method for synthesizing pyridine rings. The reaction involves the condensation reaction of aldehydes, ketones, α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, or any com… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Chugaev elimination Elimination The Chugaev elimination is a chemical reaction that involves the net removal of water from alcohols to produce alkenes. The intermediate is a xanthate. It is named for its discoverer, the Russian chem… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement Rearrangement The Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement is a name reaction in organic chemistry. It was first published in 1881 by the Italian chemist Giacomo Luigi Ciamician and his German colleague Max Dennstedt. The… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Claisen condensation Rearrangement The Claisen condensation is a carbon–carbon bond forming reaction that occurs between two esters or one ester and another carbonyl compound in the presence of a strong base. The reaction produces a β… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Claisen rearrangement Rearrangement The Claisen rearrangement is a carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction discovered by Rainer Ludwig Claisen. The heating of an allyl vinyl ether will initiate a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to … Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Clemmensen reduction Reduction Clemmensen reduction is a chemical reaction described as a reduction of ketones or aldehydes to alkanes using zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl). This reaction is named after Erik C… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Collins oxidation Oxidation The Collins oxidation is an organic reaction for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes. It is distinguished from other chromium oxide-based oxidations by the use of Collins reagent, a comple… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Combes quinoline synthesis The Combes quinoline synthesis is a chemical reaction, which was first reported by Combes in 1888. Further studies and reviews of the Combes quinoline synthesis and its variations have been published … Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Conrad–Limpach synthesis The Conrad–Limpach synthesis is the condensation of anilines (1) with β-ketoesters (2) to form 4-hydroxyquinolines (4) via a Schiff base (3). The overall reaction type is a combination of both an addi… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Cook–Heilbron thiazole synthesis The Cook–Heilbron thiazole synthesis highlights the formation of 5-aminothiazoles through the chemical reaction of α-aminonitriles or aminocyanoacetates with dithioacids, carbon disulphide, carbon oxy… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Cope reaction Rearrangement The Cope reaction or Cope elimination, developed by Arthur C. Cope, is the elimination reaction of an N-oxide to an alkene and a hydroxylamine.Typically, the amine oxide is prepared from the correspon… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Cope rearrangement Rearrangement The Cope rearrangement (sometimes referred to as the Hardy–Cope rearrangement) is an extensively studied organic reaction involving the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of 1,5-dienes. It was developed … Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Fuchs reaction The Corey–Fuchs reaction, also known as the Ramirez–Corey–Fuchs reaction, is a series of chemical reactions designed to transform an aldehyde into an alkyne.[1][2][3] The formation of the 1,1-dibromo… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–House synthesis The Corey–House synthesis (also called the Corey–Posner–Whitesides–House reaction and other permutations) is an organic reaction that involves the reaction of a lithium diorganylcuprate ( Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Itsuno reduction Reduction The Corey–Itsuno reduction, also known as the Corey–Bakshi–Shibata (CBS) reduction, is a chemical reaction in which a prochiral ketone is enantioselectively reduced to produce the corresponding chiral… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Kim oxidation Oxidation The Corey–Kim oxidation is an oxidation reaction used to synthesize aldehydes and ketones from primary and secondary alcohols. It is named for American chemist and Nobel Laureate Elias James Corey and… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Link reaction In organic chemistry, the Corey–Link reaction is a name reaction that converts a 1,1,1-trichloro-2-keto structure into a 2-aminocarboxylic acid (an alpha amino acid) or other acyl functional group wit… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Nicolaou macrolactonization Corey–Nicolaou macrolactonization is a named reaction of organic chemistry, for the synthesis of lactones from hydroxy acids, found in 1974. The reaction uses 2,2'-dipyridyldisulfide and triphenylphos… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Seebach reaction The Corey–Seebach reaction, or Seebach Umpolung is a name reaction of organic chemistry that allows for acylation by converting aldehydes into lithiated 1,3-dithianes. The lithiated 1,3-dithianes serv… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Corey–Winter olefin synthesis The Corey–Winter olefin synthesis (also known as Corey–Winter–Eastwood olefination) is a series of chemical reactions for converting 1,2-diols into olefins. It is named for the American chemist and No… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Cornforth rearrangement Rearrangement In organic chemistry, the Cornforth rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction of a 4-acyloxazole in which the group attached to an acyl on position 4 and the substituent on position 5 of an oxazole ri… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Crabbé reaction The Crabbé reaction (or Crabbé allene synthesis, Crabbé–Ma allene synthesis) is an organic reaction that converts a terminal alkyne and aldehyde (or, sometimes, a ketone) into an allene in the presenc… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Creighton process The Creighton process involves the hydrogenation of a 6 carbon chain aldehyde. The reactant is 2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal (an aldehyde) and the product is 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanehexol (an alcohol). The… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Criegee oxidation Oxidation The Criegee oxidation is a glycol cleavage reaction in which vicinal diols are oxidized to form ketones and aldehydes using lead tetraacetate. It is analogous to the use of periodate (Malaprade react… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Criegee rearrangement Rearrangement The Criegee rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction named after Rudolf Criegee. Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Curtius rearrangement Rearrangement The Curtius rearrangement (or Curtius reaction or Curtius degradation), first defined by Theodor Curtius in 1885, is the thermal decomposition of an acyl azide to an isocyanate with loss of nitrogen g… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Dakin oxidation Oxidation The Dakin oxidation (or Dakin reaction) is an organic redox reaction in which an ortho- or para-hydroxylated phenyl aldehyde (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde or 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) or ketone reacts with hyd… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Dakin–West reaction The Dakin–West reaction is a chemical reaction that transforms an amino-acid into a keto-amide using an acid anhydride and a base, typically pyridine. It is named for Henry Drysdale Dakin and Randolph… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Danheiser annulation Cyclization The Danheiser annulation or Danheiser TMS-cyclopentene annulation is an organic reaction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone and a trialkylsilylallene (e.g., trimethylsilyl- or triisopropylsilyl-) in the pre… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Danheiser benzannulation Cyclization The Danheiser benzannulation is a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry to generate highly substituted phenols in a single step. It is named after Rick L. Danheiser who developed the reaction. Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Darzens halogenation Halogenation Darzens halogenation is the chemical synthesis of alkyl halides from alcohols via the treatment upon reflux of a large excess of thionyl chloride or thionyl bromide (SOX2) in the presence of a small a… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Darzens reaction The Darzens reaction (also known as the Darzens condensation or glycidic ester condensation) is the chemical reaction of a ketone or aldehyde with an α-haloester in the presence of a base to form an α… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Davis–Beirut reaction The Davis–Beirut reaction is N,N-bond forming heterocyclization that creates numerous types of 2H-indazoles and indazolones in both acidic and basic conditions Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Davis oxidation Oxidation In organic chemistry, the Davis oxidation or Davis' oxaziridine oxidation refers to oxidations involving the use of the Davis reagent (2-(phenylsulfonyl)-3-phenyloxaziridine) or other similar oxazirid… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Debus–Radziszewski imidazole synthesis The Debus–Radziszewski imidazole synthesis is a multi-component reaction used for the synthesis of imidazoles from a 1,2-dicarbonyl, an aldehyde, and ammonia or a primary amine. The method is used com… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
De Kimpe aziridine synthesis The De Kimpe aziridine synthesis is a name reaction of organic chemistry, for the generation of aziridines by the reaction of α-chloroimines with nucleophiles such as hydride, cyanide, or Grignard rea… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Delépine reaction The Delépine reaction is the organic synthesis of primary amines (4) by reaction of benzyl or alkyl halides (1) with hexamethylenetetramine (2) followed by acid hydrolysis of the quaternary ammonium s… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
DeMayo reaction The DeMayo reaction or Ciamician-DeMayo reaction is a photochemical reaction in which the enol of a 1,3-diketone reacts with an alkene (or another species with a C=C bond) and the resulting cyclobutan… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Demjanov rearrangement Rearrangement The Demjanov rearrangement is the chemical reaction of primary amines with nitrous acid to give rearranged alcohols.[1][2][3] It involves substitution by a hydroxyl group with a possible ring expansio… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Dess–Martin oxidation Oxidation The Dess–Martin oxidation is an organic reaction for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones using Dess–Martin periodinane. Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Devarda's alloy Devarda's alloy (CAS # 8049-11-4) is an alloy of aluminium (44% – 46%), copper (49% – 51%) and zinc (4% – 6%). Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Dieckmann condensation Condensation The Dieckmann condensation is the intramolecular chemical reaction of diesters with base to give β-keto esters. It is named after the German chemist Walter Dieckmann (1869–1925). The equivalent interm… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Diels–Alder reaction In organic chemistry, the Diels–Alder reaction is a chemical reaction between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene, commonly termed the dienophile, to form a substituted cyclohexene derivative.… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Diels–Reese reaction The Diels–Reese Reaction is a reaction between hydrazobenzene and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (or related esters) first reported in 1934 by Otto Diels and Johannes Reese. Later work by others exte… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Dimroth rearrangement Rearrangement The Dimroth rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction taking place with certain 1,2,3-triazoles where endocyclic and exocyclic nitrogen atoms switch place. This organic reaction was discovered in 1909… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Doebner–Miller reaction The Doebner–Miller reaction is the organic reaction of an aniline with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to form quinolines. Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions

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