Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
Friedel-Crafts Alkylation is, as the name suggests, the alkylation of an aromatic compound. This is a coupling reaction, in which, the hydrogen in an aromatic compound is substituted with an …
Friedel-Crafts Alkylation is, as the name suggests, the alkylation of an aromatic compound. This is a coupling reaction, in which, the hydrogen in an aromatic compound is substituted with an …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
E2 Reaction is an elimination reaction in which only one step is involved in eliminating two substituents from a molecule though it has a transitions state as well. E2 which is …
E1 Reaction is an elimination reaction in which two-steps: ionization and deprotonation are involved in eliminating two substituents from a molecule. What is E1 Reaction? Unimolecular Elimination (E1) is a reaction that results …
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 …
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 …