List of organic reactions

Name reactions and reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry that are known enough or are frequently used to carry a name. The reactions are either named after their discoverers, or after a chemical. There are books that deal exclusively with name reactions.

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For a further list see Category: Names reaction.

Chemical reaction Acyloin condensation Algar–Flynn–Oyamada reaction Kurt Alder Olefin metathesis Yves Chauvin Robert Robinson (organic chemist) Appel reaction Rolf Appel Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction Arndt–Eistert reaction Fritz Arndt Bernd Eistert Asinger reaction Arthur C. Cope Azo coupling Baeyer–Villiger oxidation Victor Villiger Baker–Venkataraman rearrangement Bamberger rearrangement Eugen Bamberger Bamford–Stevens reaction Derek Barton Decarboxylation Barton reaction Baylis–Hillman reaction Beckmann rearrangement Ernst Otto Beckmann Benary reaction Nikolay Zinin Benzoin condensation Arthur Lapworth Bergman cyclization Max Bergmann Birch reduction Arthur Birch (organic chemist) August Bischler Acyloin Bischler–Napieralski reaction Bosch reaction Carl Bosch Bouveault–Blanc reduction Bray–Liebhafsky reaction Briggs–Rauscher reaction Hydroboration Bucherer reaction Hans Theodor Bucherer Eduard Buchner Buchwald–Hartwig amination Cadiot–Chodkiewicz coupling Camps quinoline synthesis Stanislao Cannizzaro Chan rearrangement Claisen condensation Ester Enolether Clemmensen reduction Erik Christian Clemmensen Aldehyde Combes quinoline synthesis Cope reaction Cope rearrangement Corey–Itsuno reduction Corey–Fuchs reaction George M. Whitesides Corey–Kim oxidation Dieter Seebach Ozonolysis Dakin–West reaction Henry Drysdale Dakin Darzens reaction DeMayo reaction Dess-Martin oxidation James Cullen Martin Walter Dieckmann Diels–Alder reaction Otto Diels Dimroth rearrangement Otto Dimroth Howard Zimmerman Duff reaction Pehr Victor Edman Einhorn–Brunner reaction Alfred Einhorn 1,2,4-Triazole Hydrazine Elbs reaction Karl Elbs Elbs persulfate oxidation Dieter Enders Eschenmoser fragmentation Albert Eschenmoser Eschweiler–Clarke reaction Ester pyrolysis Fenton's reagent Finkelstein reaction Franz Joseph Emil Fischer Hans Tropsch Hermann Emil Fischer Charles Friedel James Crafts Friedel–Crafts reaction Fries rearrangement McMurry reaction Gabriel synthesis Siegmund Gabriel Roger Adams Julius Arnold Koch Henry Gilman Glaser coupling Vicinal (chemistry) Gomberg–Bachmann reaction Moses Gomberg Grignard reaction Zoltan Hajos Haloform reaction Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch Heck reaction Richard F. Heck Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky halogenation Carl Magnus von Hell Jacob Volhard Nitroaldol reaction Hinsberg reaction Oscar Hinsberg Peroxide Hofmann rearrangement Hooker reaction Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction Leopold Horner Sakurai reaction Allyl Rolf Huisgen 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition Alkene Alkyne Hunsdiecker reaction Heinz Hunsdiecker Chlorine Bromine Jacobsen epoxidation Eric Jacobsen Japp–Klingemann reaction Francis Robert Japp William Summer Johnson Jones-Oxidation Marc Julia Kauffmann olefination Emil Knoevenagel Knoevenagel condensation Knorr pyrrole synthesis Ludwig Knorr Koch reaction Koenigs–Knorr reaction Kolbe electrolysis Kolbe nitrile synthesis Rudolf Schmitt Kornblum-Oxidation Krapcho decarboxylation Kulinkovich reaction Kumada coupling Letts nitrile synthesis Acridone Nitrobenzaldehyde Leuckart reaction Otto Wallach Steven V. Ley Tetrapropylammonium perruthenate Adolf Lieben Carl Theodore Liebermann Lobry de Bruyn–van Ekenstein transformation Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn Lossen rearrangement Luche reduction Louis Camille Maillard Madelung synthesis Carl Mannich Martinet dioxindole synthesis McLafferty rearrangement Fred McLafferty Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction Menshutkin reaction Meyer–Schuster rearrangement Meyers synthesis Albert Meyers Michael reaction Arthur Michael August Michaelis Minisci reaction Mitsunobu reaction Neber rearrangement Nef reaction John Ulric Nef (chemist) Negishi coupling Ei-ichi Negishi Nenitzescu indole synthesis Nicholas reaction Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction Oppenauer-Oxidation Overman rearrangement Paal–Knorr synthesis Parikh–Doering oxidation Swern-Oxidation Passerini reaction Ugi reaction Hans von Pechmann Pellizzari reaction Perkin reaction William Henry Perkin Perkow reaction Peterson olefination Pfitzinger reaction Isatin Pictet–Spengler reaction Oskar Piloty Pfitzner–Moffatt oxidation Pinacol coupling reaction Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig Pinner reaction Adolf Pinner Robert Burns Woodward Pummerer rearrangement Debus-Radziszewski imidazole synthesis Ludwig Ramberg Reimer–Tiemann reaction Ferdinand Tiemann Reissert reaction Organoselenium chemistry#Selenoxide oxidations Selenium dioxide Ritter reaction Robinson annulation Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund Sandmeyer reaction William R. Roush Ruff degradation Otto Ruff Sabatier reaction Paul Sabatier (chemist) Traugott Sandmeyer Schöllkopf method Schotten–Baumann reaction Carl Schotten Shapiro reaction Sharpless epoxidation Karl Barry Sharpless Simmons–Smith reaction Skraup reaction Zdenko Hans Skraup Smiles rearrangement Kenkichi Sonogashira Staudinger reaction Hermann Staudinger Steglich esterification Wolfgang Steglich Stetter reaction Stevens rearrangement Stickland fermentation Stille reaction Palladium Indole Stork enamine alkylation Strecker amino-acid synthesis Suzuki reaction Akira Suzuki (chemist) Daniel Swern Oxalyl chloride Takai olefination Tebbe's reagent Wilhelm Traube Purine Tsuji–Trost reaction Aleksei Chichibabin Fritz Ullmann Biphenyl Urech hydantoin synthesis Anton Vilsmeier Von Richter reaction Victor von Richter Palladium(II) chloride Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement Walden inversion Paul Walden Weinreb ketone synthesis Wenker synthesis Alexander William Williamson Wittig reaction 1,2-Wittig rearrangement Alfred Wohl Wohl–Aue reaction Wohl–Ziegler bromination Ludwig Wolff Wolff rearrangement Lactone Giulio Natta Hoboken (New Jersey) Digital Object Identifier Elsevier Integrated Authority File
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