Name Reactions

700+ standard organic name reactions. Tap any reaction to open its full reaction page — definition, mechanism, examples, stereochemistry, RDS, conditions, exam tricks, common mistakes & references. ★ = high-yield for NEET/JEE.

700 reactions

[m+n] Cycloaddition [2+2] Cycloaddition 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Étard Reaction [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement [2,3]-Wittig Rearrangement

Baddeley Isomerization Baeyer Diarylmethane Synthesis Baeyer-Drewson Reaction Baeyer Indole Synthesis Baeyer Oxindole Synthesis Baeyer Pyridine Synthesis Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Bailey Peptide Synthesis Bakelite Process Baker-Ollis Sydnones Synthesis Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement Ball-Goodwin-Morton Oxidation Bally-Scholl Reaction Balsohn Alkylation Balz-Schiemann Reaction Bamberger Rearrangement Bamford-Stevens Reaction Barbier Reaction Barbier-Wieland Degradation Bardhan Sengupta Synthesis Bargellini Condensation Bart Reaction Bartoli Indole Synthesis Barton Decarboxylation Barton Deoxygenation Barton Reaction Barton-Kellogg Olefination Barton-Zard Pyrrole Synthesis Batcho-Leimgruber Indole Synthesis Baudisch Reaction Baumann-Fromm Thiophene Synthesis Baumgarten α-Amino Ketone Synthesis Baylis-Hillman Reaction Béchamp Reduction Beckmann Rearrangement and Beckmann Fragmentation Bedoukian Halogenation Béhal-Sommelet Rearrangement Beirut Reaction Bellus-Claisen Rearrangement Bénary Reaction Benkeser Reduction Benzidine Rearrangement Benzilic Acid Rearrangement Benzoin Condensation Bergius Process Bergman Cyclization Bergmann Degradation Bergmann-Stern Azlactone Synthesis Bergmann-Zervas Peptide Synthesis Bernthsen Reaction Berti Olefination Bertram-Walbaum Reaction Betti Reaction Biginelli Reaction Birch Reduction Birckenbach-Goubeau Halogenation Birnbaum-Simonini Reaction Bischler Reaction Bischler-Napieralski Isoquinoline Synthesis Black Rearrangement Blaise Ketone Synthesis Blaise Reaction Blanc Chloromethylation Blanc Rule Blomquist Cyclic Ketone Synthesis Bobbitt Reaction Bodroux Amide Synthesis Bodroux-Chichibabin Reaction Böeseken Oxidation Bogert-Cook Synthesis Bohn-Schmidt Reaction Boord Olefin Synthesis Borsche-Berkhout Reaction Borsche-Drechsel Reaction Borsche-Koelsch Cinnoline Synthesis Bougault Reaction Boulton-Katritzky Rearrangement Bourgel Alkyne Synthesis Bouveault Aldehyde Synthesis Bouveault-Blanc Reduction Boyland-Sims Oxidation Bradsher Cyclization Bradsher Cycloaddition Bradsher Pyridinium Salt Synthesis Brandi-Guarna Reaction Breckpot β-Lactam Synthesis Bredt's Rule Brook Rearrangement Brown Hydroboration Bruckner Isoquinoline Synthesis Bucherer Carbazole Synthesis Bucherer Reaction Bucherer-Bergs Hydantoin Synthesis Büchner Ring Expansion Büchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck Reaction Buchwald Indoline Synthesis Buchwald-Hartwig Amination Burton Trifluoromethylation

Cadogan-Sundberg Indole Synthesis Caglioti Reaction Cahours-Hofmann Reaction Camps Reaction Cannizzaro Reaction Carboni-Lindsey Reaction Carroll Rearrangement Castro Indole Synthesis Castro-Stephens Coupling Chan Rearrangement Chapman Rearrangement Chichibabin Amination Chichibabin Pyridine Synthesis Chretien-Longi Reaction Chugaev Reaction Ciamician-Dennstedt Reaction Claisen Rearrangement Claisen-Schmidt Condensation Clauson-Kaas Reaction Clay-Kinnear-Perren Condensation Clayton-Jensen Chlorophosphonation Clemmensen Reduction Cohen Reductive Lithiation Combes Quinoline Synthesis Conrad-Limpach Quinoline Synthesis Cope Elimination Cope Rearrangement Corey-Bakshi-Shibata Reduction Corey-Chaykovsky Epoxidation Corey-Fuchs Reaction Corey-Gilman-Ganem Oxidation Corey-Kim Oxidation Corey-Kwiatkowski Reaction Corey-Link Reaction Corey-Schmidt Oxidation Corey-Suggs Oxidation Corey-Winter Olefination Cornforth Rearrangement Craig 2-Bromo-Pyridine Synthesis Cram's Rule Criegee Glycol Oxidation Criegee Ozonolysis Criegee Rearrangement Crum-Brown-Gibson Substitution Rule Curtius Rearrangement

Eastwood Olefination Eder Reaction Edman Degradation Eglinton Coupling Ehrlich-Sachs Reaction Einhorn Acylation Einhorn-Brunner Reaction Eisleb Alkylation Elbs Persulfate Oxidation Elbs Reaction Eltekoff Hydrolysis Emde Degradation Emmert Reaction Erlenmeyer-Plochl Azlactone Synthesis Eschenmoser Coupling Eschenmoser Fragmentation Eschweiler-Clarke Methylation Ester Pyrolysis Evans Aldol Reaction

Hajos-Parrish-Eder-Sauer-Wiechert Reaction Haller-Bauer Cleavage Hammick Reaction Hansley-Prelog Acyloin Condensation Hantzsch Dihydropyridine Synthesis Hantzsch Pyrrole Synthesis Hantzsch Thiazole Synthesis Hass-Bender Oxidation Haworth Methylation Haworth Synthesis Hayashi Rearrangement Heck Reaction Hegedus Indole Synthesis Helferich Condensation Helferich Glycosylation Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction Hemetsberger Indole Synthesis Henkel Reaction Henry Reaction Herbst-Engel Transamination Heron Rearrangement Herz Reaction Heumann Indigo Process Heyns Rearrangement Hilbert-Johnson Reaction Hinsberg Oxindole Synthesis Hinsberg Reaction Hinsberg Sulfone Synthesis Hinsberg Thiophene Synthesis Hiyama Coupling Hoch-Campbell Reaction Hock Rearrangement Hofer-Moest Reaction Hofmann Degradation Hofmann Elimination Hofmann Isonitrile Synthesis Hofmann Rule Hofmann-Loffler-Freytag Reaction Hofmann-Martius Rearrangement Hofmann-Sand Reaction Hooker Oxidation Horenstein-Pählicke Reaction Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Olefination Hosomi-Sakurai Allylation Houben-Hoesch Reaction Houdry Cracking Process Huisgen Pyrrole Synthesis Hunsdiecker Condensation Hunsdiecker Reaction Hydroformylation

Iodolactonization Irvine-Purdie Methylation

Jacobsen Rearrangement Jacobsen-Katsuki Epoxidation Janovsky Reaction Japp-Klingemann Fischer Indole Synthesis Japp-Klingemann Reaction Japp-Maitland Condensation Johnson Orthoester Claisen Rearrangement Jones Oxidation Jourdan-Ullmann Reaction Julia Olefination Juliá-Colonna Asymmetric Epoxidation

Lander Rearrangement Larock Indole Synthesis Lawesson's Reagent Lebedev Process Lehmstedt-Tanasescu Reaction Lemieux-Johnson Oxidation Leuckart Reaction Leuckart Thiophenol Synthesis Levinstein Process Lieben Iodoform Reaction Liebeskind-Srogl Cross-Coupling Lindlar Hydrogenation Lobry de Bruyn-Alberda van Ekenstein Transformation Lombardo Methylenation Lossen Rearrangement Luche Reaction Luche Reduction

MacDonald-Fischer Degradation Madelung Indole Synthesis Maillard Reaction Maitland-Japp Reaction Majetich Annulation Malaprade Reaction Malonic Ester Synthesis Mandelic Acid Synthesis Mannich Reaction Marckwald Asymmetric Synthesis Markownikoff Rule and Anti-Markownikoff Rule Martinet Reaction Martin's Sulfurane Mattox-Kendall Reaction McCormack Cycloaddition McFadyen-Stevens Reaction McLafferty Rearrangement McMurry Coupling Meerwein Arylation Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction Meerwein's Salt Meinwald Rearrangement Meisenheimer Complexes Meisenheimer Rearrangement Menke Nitration Menschutkin Reaction Mentzer Pyrone Synthesis Merrifield Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis Meyer-Hartmann Reaction Meyers Aldehyde Synthesis Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement Michael Addition Michaelis-Arbuzov Rearrangement Michael-Stetter Reaction Miescher Degradation Mignonac Reaction Milas Hydroxylation Mislow-Evans Rearrangement Mitsunobu Reaction Moffatt-Swern Oxidation Moore Cyclization Morgan-Walls Cyclization Mori-Ban Indole Synthesis Morin Rearrangement Mosher's Acid Moureau-Mignonac Ketimine Synthesis Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction Mukaiyama-Michael Reaction Müller-Cunradi-Pieroh Process Myers-Saito Cyclization

Nagata Reaction Nazarov Cyclization Neber Rearrangement Neber-Bossel Synthesis Nef Reaction Negishi Cross-Coupling Nencki Reaction Nenitzescu Synthesis Nenitzescu Indole Synthesis Newman-Kwart Rearrangement Nicholas Reaction Niementowski Reaction Nierenstein Reaction Norrish Type I Reaction Norrish Type II Reaction Noyori Hydrogenation Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi Reaction Nysted Reagent

Ohle Quinoxaline Synthesis Oppenauer Oxidation Orton Rearrangement Ostromislensky Process Overman Rearrangement

Paal-Knorr Furan Synthesis Paal-Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis Paneth Technique Parham Cyclization Parikh-Doering Oxidation Passerini Reaction Paterno-Buchi Reaction Pauson-Khand Reaction Payne Rearrangement Pearlman's Catalyst Pechmann Pyrazole Synthesis Pechmann Reaction Pellizzari Reaction Perkin Reaction Perkin Synthesis Perkow Reaction Petasis-Ferrier Rearrangement Peterson Olefination Petrenko-Kritschenko Piperidone Synthesis Pfau-Plattner Azulene Synthesis Pfitzinger Reaction Pfitzner-Moffatt Oxidation Phillips-Ladenburg Benzimidazole Synthesis Photo-Fries Rearrangement Pictet-Gams Synthesis Pictet-Spengler Reaction Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis Pinacol Coupling Reaction Pinacol Rearrangement Pinner Condensation Pinner Reaction Pinner S-Triazine Synthesis Piria Reaction Plancher Rearrangement Polonovski Reaction Pomeranz-Fritsch Reaction Ponzio Reaction Prévost Reaction Prey Ether Cleavage Prilezhaev Reaction Prins Reaction Pudovik Reaction Pummerer Rearrangement

Quelet Reaction

Sabatier-Senderens Reduction Saegusa Cyclization Saegusa Oxidation Sandmeyer Isatin Synthesis Sandmeyer Reaction Sarett Oxidation Saytzeff Rule Schiff Base Schlack-Kumpf Reaction Schlotterbeck Reaction Schmidlin Ketene Synthesis Schmidt Glycosylation Schmidt Reaction Schmidt-Rutz Reaction Schmittel Cyclization Scholl Reaction Schöllkopf Bis-Lactim Ether Method Schöllkopf Oxazole Synthesis Schönberg Rearrangement Schotten-Baumann Reaction Schwartz Reagent Screttas Lithiation Selenoxide Elimination Semmler-Wolff Aromatization Serini Reaction Seyferth-Gilbert Homologation Shapiro Reaction Sharpless Aminohydroxylation Sharpless Dihydroxylation Sharpless Epoxidation Shechter-Kaplan Oxidative Nitration Shi Epoxidation Simmons-Smith Reaction Simonini Reaction Skraup Reaction Smiles Rearrangement Sommelet Reaction Sommelet-Hauser Rearrangement Sonn-Muller Reaction Sonogashira Coupling Staudinger [2+2] Cycloaddition Staudinger Reaction Stec Reaction Steglich Catalyst Steglich Rearrangement Stephen Reaction Stetter Reaction Stevens Rearrangement Stieglitz Rearrangement Stille Coupling Stobbe Condensation Stolle-Becker Synthesis Stork Reaction Strecker Degradation Strecker Reaction Strecker Synthesis Suárez Cleavage Sugasawa Indole Synthesis Sugasawa Reaction Sundberg Indole Synthesis Suzuki Coupling Swarts Reaction

Takai Olefination Tebbe Olefination ter Meer Reaction Thiele-Winter Acetoxylation Thorpe-Ziegler Cyclization Tiemann Cyanohydrin Amination Tiemann Rearrangement Tiffeneau-Demjanov Ring Expansion Tishchenko Reaction Traube Purine Synthesis Trofimov Reaction Trost Desymmetrization Truce-Smiles Rearrangement Tscherniac-Einhorn Reaction Tsuji-Trost Reaction Twitchell Process Tyrer Process

Ueno-Stork Cyclization Ugi Reaction Ullmann Acridine Synthesis Ullmann Coupling Ullmann Diaryl Ether Synthesis Urech Cyanohydrin Method

van Slyke Method Varrentrapp Reaction Victor Meyer Reaction Vilsmeier Formylation Vinylcyclopropane Rearrangement Voigt Reaction von Auwers Rearrangement von Braun Cyanogen Bromide Reaction von Braun Degradation von Braun-Rudolf Synthesis von Richter Cinnoline Synthesis von Richter Reaction Vorbrüggen Glycosylation

Yamada Coupling Yamaguchi Esterification

Zeisel Determination Zelinsky-Stadnikoff Reaction Zemplén Deacetylation Zerewitinoff Determination Ziegler Alcohol Synthesis Ziegler-Hafner Azulene Synthesis Ziegler-Natta Polymerization Zimmermann Reaction Zincke Disulfide Cleavage Zincke Nitration Zincke Reaction Zincke-Suhl Reaction Zinke Synthesis