Molisch’s Test
The Molisch test is a chemical analysis method utilized for identifying the presence of carbohydrates (monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides) and glycoproteins in a given sample. This test is useful in …
Alcohols Phenols Ethers
Collin’s Reagent
Collin’s reagent, which consists of dipyridine-complex chromium(VI) oxide in dichloromethane, is utilized to specifically transform primary alcohols into aldehydes through oxidation. It can accommodate various functional groups present in the …
Kolbe’s Reaction
Kolbe’s Reaction or Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction is a Carboxylation reaction. The final main product is an aromatic hydroxy acid, popularly known as Salicylic Acid. Carboxylation is the reaction in which a …
Victor Meyer Test
Victor Meyer Test is one of the frequently used methods to differentiate between primary(1°), secondary(2°) and tertiary(3°) alcohols. Each kind of alcohol 1°, 2° and 3° has a different colour …
Lucas Test
Lucas Test is a chemical test that differentiates and categorizes primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols using a solution of anhydrous zinc chloride in concentrated hydrochloric acid. This solution also goes …
Williamson Ether Synthesis Reaction
Williamson Reaction or Williamson Ether Synthesis Reaction, is an organic reaction which results in the formation of an ether from an organohalide (organic molecules in which carbons are linked by …
Reimer Tiemann Reaction
The Reimer Tiemann Reaction is an organic chemical reaction which is used for the ortho-formylation of the phenols(C6H5OH). It is basically substitution reaction and is named after Karl Reimer and Ferdinand …