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| Doebner reaction | The Doebner reaction is the chemical reaction of an aniline with an aldehyde and pyruvic acid to form quinoline-4-carboxylic acids. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Doering–LaFlamme allene synthesis | The Doering–LaFlamme allene synthesis is a reaction of alkenes that converts them to allenes by insertion of a carbon atom. This name reaction is named for William von Eggers Doering and a co-worker, … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Dowd–Beckwith ring-expansion reaction | The Dowd–Beckwith ring-expansion reaction is an organic reaction in which a cyclic carbonyl (typically a β-keto ester) is expanded by up to 4 carbons in a free radical ring expansion reaction through … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Doyle–Kirmse reaction | The Doyle–Kirmse reaction is an organic reaction in which a metal carbene reacts with an allyl compound with transposition of the alkene and transfer of the electronegative group from the allyl onto t… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Duff reaction | The Duff reaction (after James Cooper Duff) also known as the hexamine aromatic formylation, is a formylation reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of benzaldehydes. Hexamine acts as th… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Edman degradation | Edman degradation, developed by Pehr Edman, is a method of sequencing amino acids in a peptide. In this method, the amino-terminal residue is labeled and cleaved from the peptide without disrupting t… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Einhorn–Brunner reaction | The Einhorn–Brunner reaction is the designation for the chemical reaction of imides with alkyl hydrazines to form an isomeric mixture of 1,2,4-triazoles. It was initially described by the German chem… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Elbs persulfate oxidation Oxidation | The Elbs persulfate oxidation is the organic reaction of phenols with alkaline potassium persulfate to form para-diphenols. The reaction is generally performed in water at room temperatures or below, … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Elbs reaction | The Elbs reaction is an organic reaction describing the pyrolysis of an ortho methyl substituted benzophenone to a condensed polyaromatic. The reaction is named after its inventor, the German chemist … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Emde degradation | The Emde degradation (also called Emde-reaction or Emde-reduction) is a method for the reduction of a quaternary ammonium cation to a tertiary amine with sodium amalgam: | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Enders SAMP/RAMP hydrazone-alkylation reaction | The Enders SAMP/RAMP hydrazone alkylation reaction is an asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation reaction facilitated by pyrrolidine chiral auxiliaries. It was pioneered by E. J. Corey and Dieter Ende… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Erlenmeyer–Plöchl azlactone and amino-acid synthesis | The Erlenmeyer–Plöchl azlactone and amino acid synthesis, named after Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer who partly discovered the reaction, is a series of chemical reactions which transform an N-a… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Eschenmoser fragmentation | The Eschenmoser fragmentation, first published in 1967, is the chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones (1) with aryl sulfonylhydrazines (2) to give alkynes (3) and carbonyl compounds (4). The reaction i… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Eschenmoser sulfide contraction | The Eschenmoser sulfide contraction is an organic reaction first described by Albert Eschenmoser for the synthesis of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds from a thioester. The method requires a base and a tertia… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Eschweiler–Clarke reaction | The Eschweiler–Clarke reaction (also called the Eschweiler–Clarke methylation) is a chemical reaction whereby a primary (or secondary) amine is methylated using excess formic acid and formaldehyde. Re… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Étard reaction | The Étard reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the direct oxidation of an aromatic or heterocyclic bound methyl group to an aldehyde using chromyl chloride. For example, toluene can be oxidiz… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Evans–Saksena reduction Reduction | The Saksena–Evans reduction is a diastereoselective reduction of β-hydroxy ketones to the corresponding anti-dialcohols, employing the reagent tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride (Me4NHB(OAc)3).… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Evans–Tishchenko reaction Disproportionation | The Evans–Tishchenko reaction is the diastereoselective reduction of β-hydroxy ketones to the corresponding 1,3-anti diol monoesters. The reaction employs a Lewis acid, often samarium iodide, and an a… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Favorskii reaction | The Favorskii reaction is an organic chemistry reaction between an alkyne and a carbonyl group, under basic conditions. The reaction was discovered in the early 1900s by the Russian chemist Alexei Yev… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Favorskii rearrangement Rearrangement | In organic chemistry, the Favorskii rearrangement is a reaction of α-halo ketones with a nucleophilic base to acyl derivatives. In the rearrangement, the substrate extrudes the carbonyl carbon to a p… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Feist–Benary synthesis | The Feist–Benary synthesis is an organic reaction between α-halo ketones and β-dicarbonyl compounds to produce substituted furan compounds. This condensation reaction is catalyzed by amines such as am… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fenton's reagent | Fenton's reagent is a solution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and an iron catalyst (typically iron(II) sulfate, FeSO4). It is used to oxidize contaminants or waste water as part of an advanced oxidation … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Ferrario–Ackermann reaction | In organic chemistry, the Ferrario–Ackermann reaction or simply the Ferrario reaction is a name reaction that allow for the generation of phenoxathiin from diphenyl ether and sulfur in the presence of… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Ferrier carbocyclization Cyclization | The Ferrier carbocyclization (or Ferrier II reaction) is an organic reaction that was first reported by the carbohydrate chemist Robert J. Ferrier in 1979. It is a metal-mediated rearrangement of eno… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Ferrier rearrangement Rearrangement | The Ferrier rearrangement is an organic reaction that involves a nucleophilic substitution reaction combined with an allylic shift in a glycal (a 2,3-unsaturated glycoside). It was discovered by the c… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fétizon oxidation Oxidation | Fétizon oxidation is the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols utilizing the compound silver(I) carbonate absorbed onto the surface of celite also known as Fétizon's reagent first employed by Ma… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fiesselmann thiophene synthesis | The Fiesselmann thiophene synthesis is a name reaction in organic chemistry that allows for the generation of 3-hydroxy-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid derivatives from α,β-acetylenic esters with thioglyco… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Finkelstein reaction Substitution | The Finkelstein reaction, named after the German chemist Hans Finkelstein, is a type of SN2 reaction (substitution nucleophilic bimolecular reaction) that involves the exchange of one halogen atom for… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer assay | The Fischer assay is a standardized laboratory test for determining the oil yield from oil shale to be expected from a conventional shale oil extraction. A 100 gram oil shale sample crushed to <2.38 … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer glycosidation | Fischer glycosidation (or Fischer glycosylation) refers to the formation of a glycoside by the reaction of an aldose or ketose with an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst. The reaction is name… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer–Hepp rearrangement Rearrangement | In organic chemistry, the Fischer–Hepp rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction in which an aromatic N-nitroso (−N=O) or secondary nitrosamine (>N−N=O) converts to a carbon nitroso compound: | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer indole synthesis | The Fischer indole synthesis is a chemical reaction that produces the aromatic heterocycle indole from a (substituted) phenylhydrazine and an aldehyde or ketone under acidic conditions. The reaction w… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer oxazole synthesis | The Fischer oxazole synthesis is a chemical synthesis of an oxazole from a cyanohydrin and an aldehyde in the presence of anhydrous hydrochloric acid. This method was discovered by Emil Fischer in 189… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer–Speier esterification | Fischer esterification or Fischer–Speier esterification is a special type of esterification by refluxing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst. The reaction was first de… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fischer–Tropsch process | The Fischer–Tropsch process (FT) is a collection of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, known as syngas, into liquid hydrocarbons. These reactions occur in the … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fleming–Tamao oxidation Oxidation | The Fleming–Tamao oxidation, or Tamao–Kumada–Fleming oxidation, converts a carbon–silicon bond to a carbon–oxygen bond with a peroxy acid or hydrogen peroxide. Fleming–Tamao oxidation refers to two sl… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Formose reaction | The formose reaction, discovered by Aleksandr Butlerov in 1861, and hence also known as the Butlerov reaction, involves the formation of sugars from formaldehyde. The term formose is a portmanteau of … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Forster–Decker method | The Forster–Decker method is a series of chemical reactions that have the effect of mono-alkylating a primary amine (1), forming a secondary amine (6). The process occurs by way of transient formation… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fráter–Seebach alkylation | In organic chemistry, the Fráter–Seebach alkylation (also known as Seebach–Fráter alkylation or Fráter–Seebach reaction) is a diastereoselective alkylation of chiral beta-hydroxy esters using strong b… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Friedel–Crafts reaction | The Friedel–Crafts reactions are a set of reactions developed by Charles Friedel and James Crafts in 1877 to attach substituents to an aromatic ring. Friedel–Crafts reactions are of two main types: al… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Friedländer synthesis | The Friedländer synthesis is a chemical reaction of 2-aminobenzaldehydes with ketones to form quinoline derivatives. It is named after German chemist Paul Friedländer (1857–1923). | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fries rearrangement Rearrangement | The Fries rearrangement, named for the German chemist Karl Theophil Fries, is a rearrangement reaction of a phenolic ester to a keto phenol. The reaction is induced by a Lewis acid. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement Rearrangement | The Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement, named for Paul Ernst Moritz Fritsch (1859–1913), Wilhelm Paul Buttenberg, and Heinrich G. Wiechell, is a chemical reaction whereby a 1,1-diaryl-2-bromo-a… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fujimoto–Belleau reaction | The Fujimoto–Belleau reaction is a chemical reaction that forms cyclic α-substituted α,β-unsaturated ketones from enol lactones. The reaction was discovered in 1951 by George I. Fujimoto and Bernard B… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fujiwara–Moritani reaction | In organic chemistry, the Fujiwara–Moritani reaction is a type of cross coupling reaction where an aromatic C-H bond is directly coupled to an olefinic C-H bond, generating a new C-C bond. This reacti… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fukuyama coupling Cross-coupling | The Fukuyama coupling is a coupling reaction taking place between a thioester and an organozinc halide in the presence of a palladium catalyst. The reaction product is a ketone. This reaction was disc… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fukuyama indole synthesis | The Fukuyama indole synthesis is a versatile tin mediated chemical reaction that results in the formation of 2,3-disubstituted indoles. A practical one-pot reaction that can be useful for the creatio… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Fukuyama reduction Reduction | The Fukuyama reduction is an organic reaction and an organic reduction in which a thioester is reduced to an aldehyde by a silyl hydride in presence of a catalytic amount of palladium. This reaction w… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Gabriel–Colman rearrangement Rearrangement | The Gabriel–Colman rearrangement is the chemical reaction of a saccharin or phthalimido ester with a strong base, such as an alkoxide, to form substituted isoquinolines. First described in 1900 by che… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Gabriel synthesis | The Gabriel synthesis is a chemical reaction that transforms primary alkyl halides into primary amines. Traditionally, the reaction uses potassium phthalimide. The reaction is named after the German c… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions |