List of all name reactions in jee syllabus for organic chemistry

1. Sandmeyer ReactionWhen a primary aromatic amine is treated with sodium nitrite in the presence of cold aqueous mineral acid, a diazonium salt is formed. This freshly prepared diazonium salt is further mixed with cuprous chloride or bromide which results in the replacement of diazonium group by –Cl or –Br. This reaction for the synthesis of haloarenes from a diazonium salt is popularly known as Sandmeyer reaction.2. Gattermann ReactionThe Gattermann reaction, (also known as the Gattermann salicylaldehyde synthesis) is a chemical reaction in which aromatic compounds are formylated by hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a Friedel–Crafts catalyst (e.g. AlCl3). It is named for the German chemist Ludwig Gattermann and is similar to the Friedel-Crafts reaction. 3. Balz-Schiemann ReactionThe conversion of aryl amines to aryl fluorides via diazotisation and subsequent thermal decomposition of the derived tetrafluoroborates or hexafluorophosphates. The decomposition may also be induced photochemically.4. Finkelstein ReactionTreatment of a primary alkyl halide or pseudohalide with an alkali metal halide (e.g. KF, KI) leads to replacement of the halogen via an SN2 Reaction.5. Swartz ReactionSwarts reaction and Finkelstein reactions are halogen exchange reactions that are associated with alkyl halides.Swarts reaction: RX + MF → RF+ MX6. Wurtz ReactionThe Wurtz reaction, named after Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, is a coupling reaction in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and recently inorganic main group polymers, whereby two alkyl halides are reacted with sodium to form a new alkane:2R–X + 2Na → R–R + 2Na+X. −7. Fitting ReactionIn Fittig reaction, two aryl halides are coupled in presence of sodium metal in dry ether or tetrahydrofuran to furnish biaryls. 8. Wurtz – Fittig ReactionThe Wurtz–Fittig reaction is the chemical reaction of aryl halides with alkyl halides and sodium metal in the presence of dry ether to give substituted aromatic compounds.9. Kolbe’s Reaction10. Reimer- Tiemann ReactionThe Reimer–Tiemann reaction is a chemical reactionused for the ortho-formylation of phenols; with the simplest example being the conversion of phenol to salicylaldehyde. The reaction was discovered by Karl Reimer and Ferdinand Tiemann.11. Rosenmund ReductionThe reaction is catalysed by palladium on barium sulfate, which is sometimes called the Rosenmund catalyst. Barium sulfate has a low surface area which reduces the activity of the palladium, preventing over-reduction. However, for certain reactive acyl chlorides the activity must be reduced further, by the addition of a poison.12. Gattermann – Koch ReactionThe Gattermann–Koch reaction, named after the German chemists Ludwig Gattermann and Julius Arnold Koch, refers to a Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction in which carbon monoxide, hydrochloric acid, and a Friedel–Crafts catalyst (e.g. AlCl3) are used to produce aromatic aldehydes from various aromatic compounds, including derivatives of benzene and naphthalene:13. Stephen Reaction or Stephen Reduction14. Clemmensen ReductionClemmensen reduction is a chemical reaction described as a reduction of ketones (or aldehydes) to alkanes using zinc amalgam and hydrochloric acid. This reaction is named after Erik Christian Clemmensen, a Danish chemist.15. Wolff – Kishner Reduction16. Haloform Reaction (Iodoform Reaction)17. Aldol Condensation18. Cannizzaro Reaction19. Friedel – Crafts Reaction20. Grignard Synthesis21. Esterification Reaction or Fischer Esterification22. Williamson Synthesis23. Diazotisation Reaction24. Etard Reaction25. Hell – Volhard Zelinsky Reaction26. Decarboxylation Reaction27. Hofmann Bromide Reaction28. Gabriel Phthalimide Synthesis29. Coupling Reaction30. Carbylamine Reaction