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Name Reactions and Rearrangements

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Organic Chemistry

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Name Reactions in Organic Chemistry

Name Reactions Page Number
1. Aldol Condensation 4
2. The Benzoin Condensation 7
3. Bischler-Napieralski Reaction 9
4. Birch reduction 10
5. Barton reactions 16
6. Bamford-Stevens Reaction 17
7. Baylis–Hillman- Reaction 18
8. Cannizzaro Reaction 19
9. Chichibabin reaction 21
10. Claisen Condensation 22
11. Coupling Reactions (Heck, Suzuki, Stille , Sonogashira, Negishi ) 23
12. Dakin Reaction 35
13. Darzens Glycidic Ester Condensation 36
14. Dieckmann reaction 36
15. Fischer Indole Synthesis 45
16. Heck reaction 23
17. Henry reaction 46
18. Hofmann Degradation 47
19. Hofmann–Löffler–Freytag reaction 50
20. Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky (HVZ) reaction 51
21. Knoevenagel condensation 52
22. Mannich Reaction 55
23. McMurry Reaction 59
24. Metathesis reaction 64
25. Michael Reaction 68
26. Mitsunobu Reaction 72
27. Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction 73
28. Nef Reaction 74
29. Negishi Coupling 32
30. Pauson-Khand Reaction 76
31. Pechmann Condensation 77
32. The Perkin Reaction 78
33. Peterson Reaction (Olefination) 78
34. Reimer–Tiemann reaction 80
35. The Reformatsky reaction 80
36. Robinson annulation 82
37. The Ritter Reaction 87
38. Shapiro reaction 89
39. Bamford-Stevens Reaction 90
40. The Simmons-Smith Reaction 91
41. Sonogashira Coupling 30
42. Stille Coupling 27
43. Stobbe Condensation 96
44. Stork Enamine Reactions 97
45. Suzuki reaction 25
46. Tishchenko Reaction 101
47. The Thorpe (Ziegler) reaction 101
48. Vilsmeier reaction 103
49. The Wittig reaction 107

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50. Horner-Emmons-Wittig (HWE) Reaction 111

51. Ullmann Reaction 116
52. Wohl-Ziegler Reaction 117
53. Wurtz Reaction 19
54. Wurtz-Fittig Reaction 19

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Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis

Types of Rearrangements

1. Migration to electron deficient carbon

(i) Arndt-Eistert Homologation reaction
(ii) Benzilic acid rearrangement
(iii) Pinacol rearrangement
(iv)Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

2. Migration to electron deficient nitrogen

(i) Hofmann rearrangement
(ii) Curtius rearrangement
(iii) Lossen rearrangement
(iv) Schmidt rearrangement
(v) Beckmann rearrangement
(vi) Neber rearrangement

3. Migration to electron deficient oxygen

(i) Bayer-Villiger rearrangement
(ii) Dakin reaction

4. Migration to a Carbene
(i) Wolf rearrangement

5. Migration to electron-rich carbon

(i) Favorskii rearrangement
(ii) Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement
(iii) Stevens rearrangement
(iv) Wittig reaction

6. Aromatic Rearrangements:
(i) Benzidine rearrangement
(ii) Claisen rearrangement
(iii) Fries rearrangement
(iv) Von Richter
(v) Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement

7. Base promoted Rearrangements

(i) Favorskii Rearrangement
(ii) Benzilic Acid Rearrangement

8. Acid catalysed Rearrangements

(i) Pinacol rearrangement
(ii) Benzidine Rearrangement
(iii) Beckmann Rearrangement
(iv) Dienone Phenol Rearrangement
(v) Bamberger rearrangement
(vi) Tiffeneau-Demjanov Rearrangement
Pinacol rearrangement
Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

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