Strategic applications of named reactions in organic synthesis : background and detailed mechanisms ; 250 named reactions

Kurti and Czako have produced an indispensable tool for specialists and non-specialists in organic chemistry. This innovative reference work includes 250 organic reactions and their strategic use in the synthesis of complex natural and unnatural products. Reactions are thoroughly discussed in a convenient, two-page layout--using full color. Its comprehensive coverage, superb organization, quality of presentation, and wealth of references, make this a necessity for every organic chemist. * The first reference work on named reactions to present colored schemes for easier understanding * 250 frequently used named reactions are presented in a convenient two-page layout with numerous examples * An opening list of abbreviations includes both structures and chemical names * Contains more than 10,000 references grouped by seminal papers, reviews, modifications, and theoretical works * Appendices list reactions in order of discovery, group by contemporary usage, and provide additional study tools * Extensive index quickly locates information using words found in text and drawings Kurti and Czako have produced an indispensable tool for specialists and non-specialists in organic chemistry. This innovative reference work includes 250 organic reactions and their strategic use in the synthesis of complex natural and unnatural products. Reactions are thoroughly discussed in a convenient, two-page layout--using full color. Its comprehensive coverage, superb organization, quality of presentation, and wealth of references, make this a necessity for every organic chemist. The first reference work on named reactions to present colored schemes for easier understanding Title......Page 3 About the Authors......Page 7 Acknowledgements ......Page 8 Contents ......Page 9 I. Foreword......Page 10 II. Introduction......Page 11 III. Preface......Page 12 IV. Explanation of the use of colors in the schemes and text......Page 14 V. List of Abbreviations ......Page 17 VI. List of Named Organic Reactions......Page 45 VII. Named Organic Reactions in Alphabetical Order ......Page 53 ACETOACETIC ESTER SYNTHESIS......Page 54 ACYLOIN CONDENSATION......Page 56 ALDER (ENE) REACTION......Page 58 ALDOL REACTION......Page 60 ALKENE (OLEFIN) METATHESIS......Page 62 ALKYNE METATHESIS......Page 64 AMADORI REACTION / REARRANGEMENT......Page 66 ARBUZOV REACTION (MICHAELIS-ARBUZOV REACTION)......Page 68 ARNDT-EISTERT HOMOLOGATION / SYNTHESIS......Page 70 AZA-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT (3-AZA-COPE REARRANGEMENT)......Page 72 AZA-COPE REARRANGEMENT......Page 74 AZA-WITTIG REACTION......Page 76 AZA-[2,3]-WITTIG REARRANGEMENT......Page 78 BAEYER-VILLIGER OXIDATION/REARRANGEMENT......Page 80 BAKER-VENKATARAMAN REARRANGEMENT......Page 82 BALDWIN’S RULES / GUIDELINES FOR RING-CLOSING REACTIONS......Page 84 BALZ-SCHIEMANN REACTION(SCHIEMANN REACTION)......Page 86 BAMFORD-STEVENS-SHAPIRO OLEFINATION......Page 88 BARBIER COUPLING REACTION......Page 90 BARTOLI INDOLE SYNTHESIS......Page 92 BARTON NITRITE ESTER REACTION......Page 94 BARTON RADICAL DECARBOXYLATION REACTION......Page 96 BARTON-McCOMBIE RADICAL DEOXYGENATION REACTION......Page 98 BAYLIS-HILLMAN REACTION......Page 100 BECKMANN REARRANGEMENT......Page 102 BENZILIC ACID REARRANGEMENT......Page 104 BENZOIN AND RETRO-BENZOIN CONDENSATION......Page 106 BERGMAN CYCLOAROMATIZATION REACTION......Page 108 BIGINELLI REACTION......Page 110 BIRCH REDUCTION......Page 112 BISCHLER-NAPIERALSKI ISOQUINOLINE SYNTHESIS......Page 114 BROOK REARRANGEMENT......Page 116 BROWN HYDROBORATION REACTION......Page 118 BUCHNER METHOD OF RING EXPANSION......Page 120 BUCHWALD-HARTWIG CROSS-COUPLING......Page 122 BURGESS DEHYDRATION REACTION......Page 124 CANNIZZARO REACTION......Page 126 CARROLL REARRANGEMENT(KIMEL-COPE REARRANGEMENT)......Page 128 CASTRO-STEPHENS COUPLING......Page 130 CHICHIBABIN AMINATION REACTION......Page 132 CHUGAEV ELIMINATION REACTION(XANTHATE ESTER PYROLYSIS)......Page 134 CIAMICIAN-DENNSTEDT REARRANGEMENT......Page 136 CLAISEN CONDENSATION / CLAISEN REACTION......Page 138 CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT......Page 140 CLAISEN-IRELAND REARRANGEMENT......Page 142 CLEMMENSEN REDUCTION......Page 144 COMBES QUINOLINE SYNTHESIS......Page 146 COPE ELIMINATION / COPE REACTION......Page 148 COPE REARRANGEMENT......Page 150 COREY-BAKSHI-SHIBATA REDUCTION (CBS REDUCTION)......Page 152 COREY-CHAYKOVSKY EPOXIDATION AND CYCLOPROPANATION......Page 154 COREY-FUCHS ALKYNE SYNTHESIS......Page 156 COREY-KIM OXIDATION......Page 158 COREY-NICOLAOU MACROLACTONIZATION......Page 160 COREY-WINTER OLEFINATION......Page 162 CORNFORTH REARRANGEMENT......Page 164 CRIEGEE OXIDATION......Page 166 CURTIUS REARRANGEMENT......Page 168 DAKIN OXIDATION......Page 170 DAKIN-WEST REACTION......Page 172 DANHEISER BENZANNULATION......Page 174 DANHEISER CYCLOPENTENE ANNULATION......Page 176 DANISHEFSKY’S DIENE CYCLOADDITION......Page 178 DARZENS GLYCIDIC ESTER CONDENSATION......Page 180 DAVIS’ OXAZIRIDINE OXIDATIONS......Page 182 DE MAYO CYCLOADDITION (ENONE-ALKENE [2+2] PHOTOCYCLOADDITION)......Page 184 DEMJANOV AND TIFFENEAU-DEMJANOV REARRANGEMENT......Page 186 DESS-MARTIN OXIDATION......Page 188 DIECKMANN CONDENSATION......Page 190 DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION......Page 192 DIENONE-PHENOL REARRANGEMENT......Page 194 DIMROTH REARRANGEMENT......Page 196 DOERING-LAFLAMME ALLENE SYNTHESIS......Page 198 DÖTZ BENZANNULATION REACTION......Page 200 ENDERS SAMP/RAMP HYDRAZONE ALKYLATION......Page 202 ENYNE METATHESIS......Page 204 ESCHENMOSER METHENYLATION......Page 206 ESCHENMOSER-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT......Page 208 ESCHENMOSER-TANABE FRAGMENTATION......Page 210 ESCHWEILER-CLARKE METHYLATION(REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION)......Page 212 EVANS ALDOL REACTION......Page 214 FAVORSKII AND HOMO-FAVORSKII REARRANGEMENT......Page 216 FEIST-BÉNARY FURAN SYNTHESIS......Page 218 FERRIER REACTION / REARRANGEMENT......Page 220 FINKELSTEIN REACTION......Page 222 FISCHER INDOLE SYNTHESIS......Page 224 FLEMING-TAMAO OXIDATION......Page 226 FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ACYLATION......Page 228 FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ALKYLATION......Page 230 FRIES-, PHOTO-FRIES, AND ANIONIC ORTHO-FRIES REARRANGEMENT......Page 232 GABRIEL SYNTHESIS......Page 234 GATTERMANN AND GATTERMANN-KOCH FORMYLATION......Page 236 GLASER COUPLING......Page 238 GRIGNARD REACTION......Page 240 GROB FRAGMENTATION......Page 242 HAJOS-PARRISH REACTION......Page 244 HANTZSCH DIHYDROPYRIDINE SYNTHESIS......Page 246 HECK REACTION......Page 248 HEINE REACTION......Page 250 HELL-VOLHARD-ZELINSKY REACTION......Page 252 HENRY REACTION......Page 254 HETERO DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION......Page 256 HOFMANN ELIMINATION......Page 258 HOFMANN-LÖFFLER-FREYTAG REACTION(REMOTE FUNCTIONALIZATION)......Page 260 HOFMANN REARRANGEMENT......Page 262 HORNER-WADSWORTH-EMMONS OLEFINATION......Page 264 HORNER-WADSWORTH-EMMONS OLEFINATION – STILL-GENNARI MODIFICATION......Page 266 HOUBEN-HOESCH REACTION / SYNTHESIS......Page 268 HUNSDIECKER REACTION......Page 270 JACOBSEN HYDROLYTIC KINETIC RESOLUTION......Page 272 JACOBSEN-KATSUKI EPOXIDATION......Page 274 JAPP-KLINGEMANN REACTION......Page 276 JOHNSON-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT......Page 278 JONES OXIDATION / OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS BY CHROMIUM REAGENTS......Page 280 JULIA-LYTHGOE OLEFINATION......Page 282 KAGAN-MOLANDER SAMARIUM DIIODIDE-MEDIATED COUPLING......Page 284 KAHNE GLYCOSIDATION......Page 286 KECK ASYMMETRIC ALLYLATION......Page 288 KECK MACROLACTONIZATION......Page 290 KECK RADICAL ALLYLATION......Page 292 KNOEVENAGEL CONDENSATION......Page 294 KNORR PYRROLE SYNTHESIS......Page 296 KOENIGS-KNORR GLYCOSIDATION......Page 298 KOLBE-SCHMITT REACTION......Page 300 KORNBLUM OXIDATION......Page 302 KRAPCHO DEALKOXYCARBONYLATION (KRAPCHO REACTION)......Page 304 KRÖHNKE PYRIDINE SYNTHESIS......Page 306 KULINKOVICH REACTION......Page 308 KUMADA CROSS-COUPLING......Page 310 LAROCK INDOLE SYNTHESIS......Page 312 LEY OXIDATION......Page 314 LIEBEN HALOFORM REACTION......Page 316 LOSSEN REARRANGEMENT......Page 318 LUCHE REDUCTION......Page 320 MADELUNG INDOLE SYNTHESIS......Page 322 MALONIC ESTER SYNTHESIS......Page 324 MANNICH REACTION......Page 326 McMURRY COUPLING......Page 328 MEERWEIN ARYLATION......Page 330 MEERWEIN-PONNDORF-VERLEY REDUCTION......Page 332 MEISENHEIMER REARRANGEMENT......Page 334 MEYER-SCHUSTER AND RUPE REARRANGEMENT......Page 336 MICHAEL ADDITION/REACTION......Page 338 MIDLAND ALPINE-BORANE® REDUCTION (MIDLAND REDUCTION)......Page 340 MINISCI REACTION......Page 342 MISLOW-EVANS REARRANGEMENT......Page 344 MITSUNOBU REACTION......Page 346 MIYAURA BORATION......Page 348 MUKAIYAMA ALDOL REACTION......Page 350 MYERS ASYMMETRIC ALKYLATION......Page 352 NAGATA HYDROCYANATION......Page 354 NAZAROV CYCLIZATION......Page 356 NEBER REARRANGEMENT......Page 358 NEF REACTION......Page 360 NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLING......Page 362 NENITZESCU INDOLE SYNTHESIS......Page 364 NICHOLAS REACTION......Page 366 NOYORI ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION......Page 368 NOZAKI-HIYAMA-KISHI REACTION......Page 370 OPPENAUER OXIDATION......Page 372 OVERMAN REARRANGEMENT......Page 374 OXY-COPE REARRANGEMENT AND ANIONIC OXY-COPE REARRANGEMENT......Page 376 PAAL-KNORR FURAN SYNTHESIS......Page 378 PAAL-KNORR PYRROLE SYNTHESIS......Page 380 PASSERINI MULTICOMPONENT REACTION......Page 382 PATERNO-BÜCHI REACTION......Page 384 PAUSON-KHAND REACTION......Page 386 PAYNE REARRANGEMENT......Page 388 PERKIN REACTION......Page 390 PETASIS BORONIC ACID-MANNICH REACTION......Page 392 PETASIS-FERRIER REARRANGEMENT......Page 394 PETERSON OLEFINATION......Page 396 PFITZNER-MOFFATT OXIDATION......Page 398 PICTET-SPENGLER TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE SYNTHESIS......Page 400 PINACOL AND SEMIPINACOL REARRANGEMENT......Page 402 PINNER REACTION......Page 404 PINNICK OXIDATION......Page 406 POLONOVSKI REACTION......Page 408 POMERANZ-FRITSCH REACTION......Page 410 PRÉVOST REACTION......Page 412 PRILEZHAEV REACTION......Page 414 PRINS REACTION......Page 416 PRINS-PINACOL REARRANGEMENT......Page 418 PUMMERER REARRANGEMENT......Page 420 QUASI-FAVORSKII REARRANGEMENT......Page 422 RAMBERG-BÄCKLUND REARRANGEMENT......Page 424 REFORMATSKY REACTION......Page 426 REGITZ DIAZO TRANSFER......Page 428 REIMER-TIEMANN REACTION......Page 430 RILEY SELENIUM DIOXIDE OXIDATION......Page 432 RITTER REACTION......Page 434 ROBINSON ANNULATION......Page 436 ROUSH ASYMMETRIC ALLYLATION......Page 438 RUBOTTOM OXIDATION......Page 440 SAEGUSA OXIDATION......Page 442 SAKURAI ALLYLATION......Page 444 SANDMEYER REACTION......Page 446 SCHMIDT REACTION......Page 448 SCHOTTEN-BAUMANN REACTION......Page 450 SCHWARTZ HYDROZIRCONATION......Page 452 SEYFERTH-GILBERT HOMOLOGATION......Page 454 SHARPLESS ASYMMETRIC AMINOHYDROXYLATION......Page 456 SHARPLESS ASYMMETRIC DIHYDROXYLATION......Page 458 SHARPLESS ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION......Page 460 SHI ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION......Page 462 SIMMONS-SMITH CYCLOPROPANATION......Page 464 SKRAUP AND DOEBNER-MILLER QUINOLINE SYNTHESIS......Page 466 SMILES REARRANGEMENT......Page 468 SMITH-TIETZE MULTICOMPONENT DITHIANE LINCHPIN COUPLING......Page 470 SNIECKUS DIRECTED ORTHO METALATION......Page 472 SOMMELET-HAUSER REARRANGEMENT......Page 474 SONOGASHIRA CROSS-COUPLING......Page 476 STAUDINGER KETENE CYCLOADDITION......Page 478 STAUDINGER REACTION......Page 480 STEPHEN ALDEHYDE SYNTHESIS (STEPHEN REDUCTION)......Page 482 STETTER REACTION......Page 484 STEVENS REARRANGEMENT......Page 486 STILLE CARBONYLATIVE CROSS-COUPLING......Page 488 STILLE CROSS-COUPLING(MIGITA-KOSUGI-STILLE COUPLING)......Page 490 STILLE-KELLY COUPLING......Page 492 STOBBE CONDENSATION......Page 494 STORK ENAMINE SYNTHESIS......Page 496 STRECKER REACTION......Page 498 SUZUKI CROSS-COUPLING(SUZUKI-MIYAURA CROSS-COUPLING)......Page 500 SWERN OXIDATION......Page 502 TAKAI-UTIMOTO OLEFINATION (TAKAI REACTION)......Page 504 TEBBE OLEFINATION / PETASIS-TEBBE OLEFINATION......Page 506 TISHCHENKO REACTION......Page 508 TSUJI-TROST REACTION / ALLYLATION......Page 510 TSUJI-WILKINSON DECARBONYLATION REACTION......Page 512 UGI MULTICOMPONENT REACTION......Page 514 ULLMANN BIARYL ETHER AND BIARYL AMINE SYNTHESIS / CONDENSATION......Page 516 ULLMANN REACTION / COUPLING / BIARYL SYNTHESIS......Page 518 VILSMEIER-HAACK FORMYLATION......Page 520 VINYLCYCLOPROPANE-CYCLOPENTENE REARRANGEMENT......Page 522 VON PECHMANN REACTION......Page 524 WACKER OXIDATION......Page 526 WAGNER-MEERWEIN REARRANGEMENT......Page 528 WEINREB KETONE SYNTHESIS......Page 530 WHARTON FRAGMENTATION......Page 532 WHARTON OLEFIN SYNTHESIS (WHARTON TRANSPOSITION)......Page 534 WILLIAMSON ETHER SYNTHESIS......Page 536 WITTIG REACTION......Page 538 WITTIG REACTION - SCHLOSSER MODIFICATION......Page 540 WITTIG-[1,2]- AND [2,3]-REARRANGEMENT......Page 542 WOHL-ZIEGLER BROMINATION......Page 544 WOLFF REARRANGEMENT......Page 546 WOLFF-KISHNER REDUCTION......Page 548 WURTZ COUPLING......Page 550 YAMAGUCHI MACROLACTONIZATION......Page 552 8.1 Brief explanation of the organization of this section......Page 554 8.2 List of Named Reactions in Chronological Order of their Discovery......Page 555 8.3 Reaction Categories......Page 560 8.4 Affected Functional Groups......Page 570 8.5 Preparation of Functional Groups ......Page 578 Acyloin Condensation......Page 583 Alder (Ene) Reaction (Hydro-Allyl Addition)......Page 584 Aldol Reaction......Page 585 Alkene (Olefin) Metathesis......Page 586 Alkyne metathesis......Page 588 Arbuzov Reaction (Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction)......Page 589 Aza-Cope Rearrangement......Page 590 Aza-Wittig Reaction......Page 591 Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation/Rearrangement......Page 592 Baldwin’s Rules/Guidelines for Ring-Closing Reactions......Page 594 Bamford-Stevens-Shapiro Olefination......Page 595 Barbier Coupling Reaction......Page 596 Barton Nitrite Ester Reaction......Page 597 Barton-McCombie Radical Deoxygenation Reaction......Page 598 Baylis-Hillman Reaction......Page 599 Benzilic Acid Rearrangement......Page 600 Benzoin and Retro-Benzoin Condensation......Page 601 Bergman Cycloaromatization Reaction......Page 602 Biginelli Reaction......Page 603 Birch Reduction......Page 604 Brook Rearrangement......Page 605 Brown Hydroboration Reaction......Page 606 Buchner Method of Ring Expansion (Buchner Reaction)......Page 607 Burgess Dehydration Reaction......Page 608 Carroll Rearrangement (Kimel-Cope Rearrangement)......Page 609 Chichibabin Amination Reaction (Chichibabin Reaction)......Page 610 Claisen Condensation/Claisen Reaction......Page 611 Claisen Rearrangement......Page 612 Claisen-Ireland Rearrangement......Page 613 Clemmensen Reduction......Page 614 Cope Elimination / Cope Reaction......Page 615 Cope Rearrangement......Page 616 Corey-Chaykovsky Epoxidation and Cyclopropanation......Page 617 Corey-Kim Oxidation......Page 618 Cornforth Rearrangement......Page 619 Curtius Rearrangement......Page 620 Dakin-West Reaction......Page 621 Danishefsky’s Diene Cycloaddition......Page 622 Darzens Glycidic Ester Condensation......Page 623 Davis' Oxaziridine Oxidations......Page 624 Demjanov Rearrangement and Tiffeneau-Demjanov Rearrangement......Page 625 Dieckmann Condensation......Page 626 Diels-Alder Cycloaddition......Page 627 Dienone-Phenol Rearrangement......Page 629 Doering-LaFlamme Allene Synthesis......Page 630 Enders SAMP/RAMP Hydrazone Alkylation......Page 631 Enyne Metathesis......Page 632 Eschenmoser-Claisen Rearrangement......Page 633 Eschweiler-Clarke Methylation (Reductive Alkylation)......Page 634 Evans Aldol Reaction......Page 635 Favorskii and Homo-Favorskii Rearrangement......Page 636 Ferrier Reaction/Rearrangement......Page 637 Finkelstein Reaction......Page 638 Fischer Indole Synthesis......Page 639 Friedel-Crafts Acylation......Page 640 Friedel-Crafts Alkylation......Page 641 Fries-, Photo-Fries, and Anionic Ortho-Fries Rearrangement......Page 642 Gattermann and Gattermann-Koch Formylation......Page 644 Grignard Reaction......Page 645 Grob Fragmentation......Page 646 Hantzsch Dihydropyridine Synthesis......Page 647 Heck Reaction......Page 648 Heine Reaction......Page 649 Henry Reaction......Page 650 Hetero Diels-Alder Cycloaddition (HDA)......Page 651 Hofmann Elimination......Page 653 Hofmann Rearrangement......Page 654 Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Olefination......Page 655 Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Olefination – Still-Gennari Modification......Page 656 Hunsdiecker Reaction......Page 657 Jacobsen Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution......Page 658 Jacobsen-Katsuki Epoxidation......Page 659 Japp-Klingemann Reaction......Page 660 Jones Oxidation/Oxidation of Alcohols by Chromium Reagents......Page 661 Kagan-Molander Samarium Diiodide-Mediated Coupling......Page 662 Kahne Glycosidation......Page 663 Keck Asymmetric Allylation......Page 664 Knoevenagel Condensation......Page 665 Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis......Page 666 Koenigs-Knorr Glycosidation......Page 667 Kornblum Oxidation......Page 668 Kröhnke Pyridine Synthesis......Page 669 Kulinkovich Reaction......Page 670 Kumada Cross-Coupling......Page 671 Ley Oxidation......Page 672 Lossen Rearrangement......Page 673 Madelung Indole Synthesis......Page 674 Mannich Reaction......Page 675 McMurry Coupling......Page 676 Meerwein Arylation......Page 677 Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction......Page 678 Meyer-Schuster and Rupe Rearrangement......Page 679 Michael Addition Reaction......Page 680 Minisci Reaction......Page 682 Mislow-Evans Rearrangement......Page 683 Mitsunobu Reaction......Page 684 Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction......Page 685 Myers’ Asymmetric Alkylation......Page 686 Nazarov Cyclization......Page 687 Nef Reaction......Page 688 Negishi Cross-Coupling......Page 689 Nenitzescu Indole Synthesis......Page 690 Nicholas Reaction......Page 691 Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation......Page 692 Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi Reaction......Page 693 Oppenauer Oxidation......Page 694 Oxy-Cope Rearrangement and Anionic Oxy-Cope Rearrangement......Page 695 Paal-Knorr Pyrrole Synthesis......Page 696 Passerini Multicomponent Reaction......Page 697 Paterno-Büchi Reaction......Page 698 Pauson-Khand Reaction......Page 699 Perkin Reaction......Page 701 Peterson Olefination......Page 702 Pictet-Spengler Tetrahydroisoquinoline Synthesis......Page 704 Pinacol and Semipinacol Rearrangement......Page 705 Pinner Reaction......Page 706 Pomeranz-Fritsch Reaction......Page 707 Prilezhaev Reaction......Page 708 Prins-Pinacol Rearrangement......Page 710 Pummerer Rearrangement......Page 711 Ramberg-Bäcklund Rearrangement......Page 712 Reformatsky Reaction......Page 713 Regitz Diazo Transfer......Page 714 Riley Selenium Dioxide Oxidation......Page 715 Ritter Reaction......Page 716 Robinson Annulation......Page 717 Roush Asymmetric Allylation......Page 718 Saegusa Oxidation......Page 719 Sakurai Allylation......Page 720 Sandmeyer Reaction......Page 721 Schotten-Baumann Reaction......Page 722 Schwartz Hydrozirconation......Page 723 Seyferth-Gilbert Homologation......Page 724 Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylation......Page 725 Sharpless Asymmetric Epoxidation......Page 727 Shi Asymmetric Epoxidation......Page 728 Smiles Rearrangement......Page 730 Smith-Tietze Multicomponent Dithiane Linchpin Coupling......Page 731 Snieckus Directed Ortho Metalation......Page 732 Sonogashira Cross-Coupling......Page 733 Staudinger Ketene Cycloaddition......Page 734 Staudinger Reaction......Page 736 Stetter Reaction......Page 737 Stevens Rearrangement......Page 738 Stille Cross-Coupling (Migita-Kosugi-Stille Coupling)......Page 739 Stille-Kelly Coupling......Page 740 Stork Enamine Synthesis......Page 741 Strecker Reaction......Page 742 Suzuki Cross-Coupling (Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling)......Page 743 Swern Oxidation......Page 744 Tebbe Olefination/Petasis-Tebbe Olefination......Page 745 Tishchenko Reaction......Page 746 Tsuji-Trost Reaction/Allylation......Page 747 Ugi Multicomponent Reaction......Page 748 Ullmann Biaryl Ether and Biaryl Amine Synthesis/Condensation......Page 749 Vilsmeier-Haack Formylation......Page 751 Vinylcyclopropane-Cyclopentene Rearrangement......Page 752 Wacker Oxidation......Page 754 Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement......Page 756 Wharton Fragmentation......Page 757 Williamson Ether Synthesis......Page 758 Wittig Reaction......Page 759 Wittig Reaction - Schlosser Modification......Page 760 Wittig-[1,2]- and [2,3]- Rearrangement......Page 761 Wohl-Ziegler Bromination......Page 762 Wolff Rearrangement......Page 763 Wolff-Kishner Reduction......Page 764 Wurtz Coupling......Page 765 Yamaguchi Macrolactonization......Page 766 A......Page 767 B......Page 772 C......Page 774 D......Page 778 E......Page 781 F......Page 783 G......Page 784 H......Page 785 I......Page 787 K......Page 789 L......Page 790 M......Page 791 N......Page 793 O......Page 795 P......Page 797 P......Page 800 S......Page 801 T......Page 805 V......Page 808 Z......Page 809 Kurti and Czako have produced an indispensable tool for specialists and non specialists in organic chemistry. This innovative reference work includes 250 organic reactions and their strategic use in the synthesis of complex natural and unnatural products. Reactions are thoroughly discussed in a convenient, two page layout using full color. Its comprehensive coverage, superb organization, quality of presentation, and wealth of references, make this a necessity for every organic chemist. * The first reference work on named reactions to present colored schemes for easier understanding * 250 frequently used named reactions are presented in a convenient two page layout with numerous examples * An opening list of abbreviations includes both structures and chemical names * Contains more than 10,000 references grouped by seminal papers, reviews, modifications, and theoretical works * Appendices list reactions in order of discovery, group by contemporary usage, and provide additional study tools * Extensive index quickly locates information using words found in text and drawings