Perkin Reaction
The Perkin Reaction involves the synthesis of -unsaturated acids. It is an aldol type condensation reaction between an aromatic aldehyde (Ar-CHO) and a carboxylic acid anhydride (RCO)2O catalyzed by a …
Aldehydes Ketones Carboxylic Acids
Tollens Reagent
Tollens Reagent is a chemical compound used for distinguishing between aldehydes and ketone functional groups along with some alpha-hydroxy ketones. This compound has the chemical formula Ag(NH3)2OH. More About Tollens …
Gattermann Koch Reaction
Gattermann Koch Reaction involves formylation (addition of Aldehyde group) of an aromatic compound with the help of formyl chloride (produced by Carbon Monoxide and HCl) and Lewis Catalysts. The reaction …
Cannizzaro Reaction
Cannizzaro Reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the base-induced disproportionation of two molecules of a non-enolizable aldehyde to give primary alcohol and carboxylic acid. History This reaction was first …
Clemmensen Reduction
The Clemmensen reduction is a chemical reaction that allows the reduction of ketones to alkanes using zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid. This reaction is named after Danish chemist, Erik …
Fischer Esterification
Fischer Esterification is the mechanism of refluxing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce an ester. It is also known as Fischer-Speier …
Carboxylic Acid
Carboxylic acid is basically an organic acid containing a carboxyl functional group (C(=O)OH) attached to an R-group. The general formula is R-COOH or R-CO2H. R refers to the alkyl, alkenyl, …
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 …
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 …