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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

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