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Name Reactions

A Collection of Detailed Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Jie Jack Li

    1. Chemistry Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, USA

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  • Many chemists collect named and unnamed reactions and their mechanisms
  • Will make this time-consuming effort redundant
  • Gives the earliest and latest references to these name reactions
  • Gives representative examples in synthesis

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Table of contents (288 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Alder ene reaction

    Pages 1-2

  3. Aldol condensation

    Pages 3-4

  4. Algar-Flynn-Oyamada Reaction

    Pages 5-7

  5. Allan-Robinson reaction

    Pages 8-9

  6. Appel reaction

    Pages 10-11

  7. Arndt-Eistert homologation

    Pages 12-13

  8. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

    Pages 14-15

  9. Baker-Venkataraman rearrangement

    Pages 16-17

  10. Bamberger rearrangement

    Pages 18-19

  11. Bamford-Stevens reaction

    Pages 20-21

  12. Barbier coupling reaction

    Pages 22-23

  13. Bargellini reaction

    Pages 24-25

  14. Bartoli indole synthesis

    Pages 26-27

  15. Barton radical decarboxylation

    Pages 28-29

  16. Barton-McCombie deoxygenation

    Pages 30-31

  17. Barton nitrite photolysis

    Pages 32-33

  18. Barton-Zard reaction

    Pages 34-35

  19. Batcho-Leimgruber indole synthesis

    Pages 36-38

  20. Baylis-Hillman reaction

    Pages 39-40
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I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do. –Heidi Klum Can the organic chemists associated with so-called “Named Reactions” make the same claim as supermodel Heidi Klum? Many scholars of chemistry do not hesi- te to point out that the names associated with “name reactions” are often not the actual inventors. For instance, the Arndt-Eistert reaction has nothing to do with either Arndt or Eistert, Pummerer did not discover the “Pummerer” rearran- ment, and even the famous Birch reduction owes its initial discovery to someone named Charles Wooster (first reported in a DuPont patent). The list goes on and on… But does that mean we should ignore, boycott, or outlaw “named reac- ons”? Absolutely not. The above examples are merely exceptions to the rule. In fact, the chemists associated with name reactions are typically the original dis- verers, contribute greatly to its general use, and/or are the first to popularize the transformation. Regardless of the controversial history underlying certain named reactions, it is the students of organic chemistry who benefit the most from the - taloging of reactions by name. Indeed, it is with education in mind that Dr. Jack Li has masterfully brought the chemical community the latest edition of Name Reactions. It is clear why this beautiful treatise has rapidly become a bestseller within the chemical community.

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  • Chemistry Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, USA

    Jie Jack Li

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