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 …
Aldehydes Ketones Carboxylic Acids
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 …
Etard Reaction
Etard Reaction is the partial oxidation of an aromatic ring with an attached methyl group. For example, converting Toluene (C7H8– A hexagon with a methyl group-CH3) into aldehydes like Benzaldehyde (C7H6O …