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| Noise-induced order | Noise-induced order is a mathematical phenomenon appearing in the Matsumoto-Tsuda model of the Belosov-Zhabotinski reaction. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Norrish reaction | A Norrish reaction, named after Ronald George Wreyford Norrish who developed the reaction(s) during the 1930's primarily through his work at Cambridge University. It is a photochemical reaction taking… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction | The Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction is a nickel/chromium coupling reaction forming an alcohol from the reaction of an aldehyde with an allyl or vinyl halide. In their original 1977 publication, Tamejiro … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Oppenauer oxidation Oxidation | Oppenauer oxidation, named after Rupert Viktor Oppenauer, is a gentle method for selectively oxidizing secondary alcohols to ketones. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Overman rearrangement Rearrangement | The Overman rearrangement is a chemical reaction that can be described as a Claisen rearrangement of allylic alcohols to give allylic trichloroacetamides through an imidate intermediate. The Overman r… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Oxo-Diels–Alder reaction | An oxo-Diels–Alder reaction (also called an oxa-Diels–Alder reaction) is an organic reaction and a variation of the Diels–Alder reaction in which a suitable diene reacts with an aldehyde to form a dih… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Oxy-Cope rearrangement Rearrangement | In organic chemistry, the oxy-Cope rearrangement is a chemical reaction. It involves reorganization of the skeleton of certain unsaturated alcohols. It is a variation of the Cope rearrangement in whic… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Paal–Knorr synthesis | The Paal–Knorr synthesis is a reaction used to synthesize substituted furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones. It is a synthetically valuable method for obtaining substituted furans and pyr… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Parikh–Doering oxidation Oxidation | The Parikh–Doering oxidation is an oxidation reaction that transforms primary and secondary alcohols into aldehydes and ketones, respectively. The procedure uses dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the oxida… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Passerini reaction | The Passerini reaction is a chemical reaction involving an isocyanide, an aldehyde (or ketone), and a carboxylic acid to form a α-acyloxy amide. This addition reaction is one of the oldest isocyanide-… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Paternò–Büchi reaction | The Paternò–Büchi reaction, named after Emanuele Paternò and George Büchi, who established its basic utility and form, is a photochemical reaction, specifically a 2+2 photocycloaddition, which forms f… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pauson–Khand reaction | The Pauson–Khand (PK) reaction is a chemical reaction, described as a [2+2+1] cycloaddition. In it, an alkyne, an alkene, and carbon monoxide combine into a α,β-cyclopentenone in the presence of a m… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Payne rearrangement Rearrangement | The Payne rearrangement is the isomerization, under basic conditions, of 2,3-epoxy alcohols to isomeric 1,2-epoxy alcohols with inversion of configuration. Aza- and thia-Payne rearrangements of azirid… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pechmann condensation Condensation | The Pechmann condensation is a synthesis of coumarins, starting from a phenol and a carboxylic acid or ester containing a β-carbonyl group. The condensation is performed under acidic conditions. The… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pellizzari reaction | The Pellizzari reaction was discovered in 1911 by Guido Pellizzari, and is the organic reaction of an amide and a hydrazide to form a 1,2,4-triazole. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Perkin reaction Condensation | The Perkin reaction is an organic reaction developed by English chemist William Henry Perkin in 1868 that is used to make cinnamic acids. It gives an α,β-unsaturated aromatic acid or α-substituted β-… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Perkin rearrangement Condensation | The Perkin rearrangement (coumarin–benzofuran ring contraction) is a rearrangement reaction in which a 2-halocoumarin in the presence of hydroxide undergoes a ring contraction to form a benzofuran. Th… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Perkow reaction | The Perkow reaction is an organic reaction in which a trialkyl phosphite ester reacts with a haloketone to form a dialkyl vinyl phosphate and an alkyl halide.[1] | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Petasis reaction | The Petasis reaction (alternatively called the Petasis borono–Mannich (PBM) reaction) is the multi-component reaction of an amine, a carbonyl, and a vinyl- or aryl-boronic acid to form substituted ami… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Peterson olefination Olefination | The Peterson olefination (also called the Peterson reaction) is the chemical reaction of α-silyl carbanions (1 in diagram below) with ketones (or aldehydes) to form a β-hydroxysilane (2) which elimina… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Petrenko-Kritschenko piperidone synthesis | The Petrenko-Kritschenko reaction is a classic multicomponent-name reaction that is closely related to the Robinson–Schöpf tropinone synthesis, but was published 12 years earlier. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pfitzinger reaction | The Pfitzinger reaction (also known as the Pfitzinger-Borsche reaction) is the chemical reaction of isatin with base and a carbonyl compound to yield substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pfitzner–Moffatt oxidation Oxidation | The Pfitzner–Moffatt oxidation, sometimes referred to as simply the Moffatt oxidation, is a chemical reaction for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to aldehydes and ketones, respectively… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Piancatelli rearrangement Rearrangement | In 1976, the Italian chemist, Giovanni Piancatelli and coworkers developed a new method to synthesize 4-hydroxycyclopentenone derivatives from 2-furylcarbinols through an acid-catalyzed rearrangement.… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pictet–Spengler reaction | The Pictet–Spengler reaction is a chemical reaction in which a β-arylethylamine undergoes condensation with an aldehyde or ketone followed by ring closure. The reaction was first discovered in 1911 by… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pinner reaction | The Pinner reaction refers to the acid catalysed reaction of a nitrile with an alcohol to form an imino ester salt (alkyl imidate salt); this is sometimes referred to as a Pinner salt. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pinnick oxidation Oxidation | The Pinnick oxidation is an organic reaction by which aldehydes can be oxidized into their corresponding carboxylic acids using sodium chlorite (NaClO2) under mild acidic conditions. It was originally… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pomeranz–Fritsch reaction | The Pomeranz–Fritsch reaction, also named Pomeranz–Fritsch cyclization, is a named reaction in organic chemistry. It is named after Paul Fritsch (1859–1913) and Cäsar Pomeranz (1860–1926). In general … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Povarov reaction | The Povarov reaction is an organic reaction described as a formal cycloaddition between an aromatic imine and an alkene. The imine in this organic reaction is a condensation reaction product from an a… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Prato reaction | The Prato reaction is a particular example of the well-known 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides to olefins. In fullerene chemistry this reaction refers to the functionalization of fulleren… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Prévost reaction | The Prévost reaction is a chemical reaction in which an alkene is converted by iodine and the silver salt of benzoic acid to a vicinal diol with anti stereochemistry. The reaction was discovered by th… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Prilezhaev reaction | The Prilezhaev reaction, also known as the Prileschajew reaction or Prilezhaev epoxidation, is the chemical reaction of an alkene with a peroxy acid to form epoxides. It is named after Nikolai Prilez… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Prins reaction | The Prins reaction is an organic reaction consisting of an electrophilic addition of an aldehyde or ketone to an alkene or alkyne followed by capture of a nucleophile or elimination of an H+ ion. The … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pschorr cyclization Cyclization | The Pschorr cyclization is a name reaction in organic chemistry, which was named after its discoverer, the German chemist Robert Pschorr (1868-1930). It describes the intramolecular substitution of ar… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pudovik reaction | In organophosphorus chemistry, the Pudovik reaction is a method for preparing α-aminomethylphosphonates. It is named after the well-known chemist Pudoh Kripparelli , who discovered that under basic c… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Pummerer rearrangement Rearrangement | The Pummerer rearrangement is an organic reaction whereby an alkyl sulfoxide rearranges to an α-acyloxy–thioether (monothioacetal-ester) in the presence of acetic anhydride. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Quelet reaction | The Quelet reaction (also called the Blanc–Quelet reaction) is an organic coupling reaction in which a phenolic ether reacts with an aliphatic aldehyde to generate an α-chloroalkyl derivative. The Que… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Ramberg–Bäcklund reaction | The Ramberg–Bäcklund reaction is an organic reaction converting an α-halo sulfone into an alkene in presence of a base with extrusion of sulfur dioxide.[1] The reaction is named after the two Swedish … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Rauhut–Currier reaction | The Rauhut–Currier reaction, also called the vinylogous Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction, is an organic reaction describing (in its original scope) the dimerization or isomerization of electron-deficien… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Reed reaction | The Reed reaction is a chemical reaction that utilizes light to oxidize hydrocarbons to alkylsulfonyl chlorides. This reaction is employed in modifying polyethylene to give chlorosulfonated polyethyl… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Reformatsky reaction Organometallic addition | The Reformatsky reaction (sometimes transliterated as Reformatskii reaction) is an organic reaction which condenses aldehydes or ketones with α-halo esters using metallic zinc to form β-hydroxy-esters… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Reimer–Tiemann reaction | The Reimer–Tiemann reaction is a chemical reaction used for the ortho-formylation of phenols. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Reissert indole synthesis | The Reissert indole synthesis is a series of chemical reactions designed to synthesize indole or substituted-indoles (4 and 5) from ortho-nitrotoluene 1 and diethyl oxalate 2. | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Reissert reaction | The Reissert reaction is a series of chemical reactions that transforms quinoline to quinaldic acid.[1][2] Quinolines will react with acid chlorides and potassium cyanide to give 1-acyl-2-cyano-1,2-d… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Retro-Diels–Alder reaction | The retro-Diels–Alder reaction (rDA reaction) is the reverse of the Diels–Alder (DA) reaction, a [4+2] cycloelimination. It involves the formation of a diene and dienophile from a cyclohexene. It can … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Rieche formylation | Rieche formylation is a type of formylation reaction. The substrates are electron rich aromatic compounds, such as mesitylene or phenols, with dichloromethyl methyl ether acting as the formyl source. … | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Riemschneider thiocarbamate synthesis | The Riemschneider thiocarbamate synthesis converts alkyl or aryl thiocyanates to thiocarbamates under acidic conditions, followed by hydrolysis with ice water. The reaction was discovered by the Germa… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Riley oxidation Oxidation | The Riley oxidation is a selenium dioxide-mediated oxidation of methylene groups adjacent to carbonyls. It was first reported by Harry Lister Riley and co-workers in 1932. In the decade that ensued, s… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Ritter reaction | The Ritter reaction (sometimes called the Ritter amidation) is a chemical reaction that transforms a nitrile into an N-alkyl amide using various electrophilic alkylating reagents. The original reactio… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions | |
| Robinson annulation Cyclization | The Robinson annulation is a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry for ring formation. It was discovered by Robert Robinson in 1935 as a method to create a six membered ring by forming three new… | Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions |