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 …
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 …
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 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 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 …
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 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 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 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 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 …
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 …