organic reactions and mechanisms

The condensation of a CH-activated compound (usually an aldehyde or ketone) with a primary or secondary amine (or ammonia) and a non-enolizable aldehyde (or ketone) to afford β-amino ketone is known as...

The classical Reformatsky reaction is defined as the zinc-induced reaction between an α-halo ester and an aldehyde and ketone. In this reaction, an α-halo ester (usually an α-bromo ester) is reduced with...

The Michael reaction is a versatile organic chemical reaction named after its discoverer, Arthur Michael. The nucleophilic addition of enolate anion (or analogous nucleophile) to the carbon–carbon double...

It is a base-catalyzed rearrangement of α-halo ketones with at least one α-hydrogen to form a carboxylic acid, an ester, or an amide is called the Favorskii rearrangement. The product formed depends upon...

The process of transforming benzil, an α-diketone, into the salt of α-hydroxy acid, followed by the conversion to benzylic acid upon acidification, is commonly known as the benzilic acid rearrangement...

Knoevenagel condensation is a nucleophilic addition of an active methylene compound to a carbonyl group followed by a dehydration reaction in which a molecule of water is eliminated (hence condensation)....

The Darzens reaction or Darzens glycidic ester condensation is a chemical reaction of a ketone or an aldehyde with an α-halo ester in the presence of a base to form an α,β-epoxy ester, also called “glycidic...

The pyrolytic elimination or Ei (elimination internal/intramolecular) mechanism is a special kind of elimination reaction where two vicinal groups on an alkane framework leave simultaneously through a...

The benzoin reaction, also known as benzoin condensation, is a chemical process named after the product it produces. It involves the combination of two aromatic aldehyde molecules with the help of a catalyst....

Benzoin condensation is a type of organic reaction that involves the coupling of two aldehydes to form an α-hydroxyketone, also known as an acyloin (Benzoin). The reaction is named after the product obtained...