Name Reactions
There are many reactions in Organic Chemistry which have proven to be very useful in a number of syntheses. These have come to be known as “Name Reactions”, so called after the name of the discoverer of these processes. Name reactions are used to refer to groundbreaking reactions or the associated mechanisms or principles that are worthwhile knowing and keeping straight. Just as physicians must learn the names of organs and geologists the names of minerals, chemists or students of chemistry use name reactions as a way to organize their knowledge and communicate about chemical transformations. In laboratory discussions, people very often use name reactions to refer to experiments they are running or the chemical problems they are investigating. The goal of your Special Project is to choose6of these name reactions from the list below and describe them with the following details:
The name of the discoverer and a few details about him/her.
A description of the reaction in words, i.e.- what does it do. For example, “This reaction is used to make esters from carboxylic acids”.
A description of the reagents and conditions under which the reaction is performed, i.e.- starting material(s) on left, reagents above the arrow, conditions (temp./solvent) below the arrow, product(s) on right.
Find two examples from the literature using these reactions. Do your best to carefully draw out the starting materials and products. Take pains to be neat. These can be done free-hand or (preferably) cut-and-pasted from the literature. It would be particularly excellent if you find one of these name reactions in the preparation of a drug or something.
Please use your own wordsand make sure they don’t sound like someone else’s words. Please avoid cutting large paragraphs from the literature. I would expect 3-4 pages.
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
Bamford-Stevens Reaction
Beckmann Rearrangement
Birch Reduction
Cannizzaro Oxidation Reduction
Claisen Condensation
Collins Reagent/Oxidation
Curtius Rearrangement (Reaction)
Dieckmann Condensation
Diels-Alder Reaction
Favorskii Reaction
Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Grignard Reaction
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction
Hofmann Elimination
Hunsdiecker Reaction
Jones Oxidation
Knoevenagel Condensation
Mannich Reaction
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
Michael Addition
Oppenauer Oxidation
Peterson Olefination
Reformatsky Reaction
Robinson Annulation
Sandmeyer Reaction
Schotten-Baumann Reaction
Simmons-Smith Reaction
Suzuki Coupling
Swern Oxidation
Ullmann Reaction
Vilsmeier Reaction
Williamson Synthesis
Wittig Reaction
Wolff-Kishner Reduction
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