Fajans Rule
Fajans Rule in chemistry helps to determine whether a chemical bond is covalent or ionic. This depends on the charge of the cation and the relative sizes of the anions …
Hoffmann Bromamide Reaction
Hoffmann Bromamide reaction is an organic reaction in which a primary amide is converted to a primary amine. After conversion, the primary amine has one less carbon atom. The reaction …
Hell-Volhard Zelinsky Reaction
Hell-Volhard Zelinsky Reaction is an organic reaction by which the carboxylic acids are halogenated at the α-carbon atom. This reaction is named after the 3 German-chemists namely: Carl Magnus Von …
Wurtz Fittig Reaction
The Wurtz Fittig Reaction is basically an organic chemical reaction in which Aryl halide reacts with alkyl halides and sodium metal in the presence of dry ether which yields substituted Aromatic compounds. The reaction …
Stephen Reaction
Stephen Reaction also known as Stephen Aldehyde Synthesis or Stephen Reduction is named after its inventor Henry Stephen. This organic redox reaction involves the preparation of aldehydes(R-CHO) from nitriles(R-CN) using …
Rosenmund Reduction
The Rosenmund Reduction reaction is a hydrogenation process in which an acyl chloride is selectively reduced to an aldehyde. The reaction was named after Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund who discovered it …
Haloform Reaction
The Haloform Reaction is an organic chemical reaction where a haloform (CHX3, where X is a halogen) is produced by the exhaustive halogenation of a methyl ketone (RCOCH3, where R …
Wurtz Reaction
Wurtz Reaction is an organic coupling reaction in organic and organo-metallic chemistry which is named after Charles Adolphe Wurtz . This reaction is also known as Wurtz coupling. It is …
Swarts Reaction
Swarts Reaction is an organic reaction in which alkyl chlorides/alkyl bromides are usually converted to alkyl fluorides. This process was described by Frederick Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892. This reaction …
Finkelstein Reaction
The Finkelstein Reaction is an organic SN2 Reaction(substitution nucleophilic bimolecular reaction) which is named after the German chemist Hans Finkelstein. This reaction involves the exchange of one halogen atom for another. …