Named Reactions Handbook & Quiz
An indispensable tool for advanced chemistry students and synthetic or medicinal chemists. This practice book is key to master 102 important named reactions in organic chemistry.
Who is the Named Reactions Handbook & Quiz for?
📚 Advanced Chemistry Students
The handbook is meant to complement your textbooks. It covers 102 named reactions that often appear in exams, job interviews, and research discussions. It’s the ultimate study companion, helping you ace exams and assignments.
🔬 Chemists in Industry and Academia
The handbook doesn’t drown you in details yet offers enough depth to be truly useful. It’s a tool you can quickly flip through during research meetings or while sketching out synthetic routes.
What is inside?
102 Named Reactions
Each page showcases two remarkable reactions, with the reaction name as a title and the target molecule as a subtitle. The second edition also includes general description of each named reaction and the transformation involved.
Named Reaction Quiz
The second part of the book tests your comprehension and reinforces your understanding of named reactions. The solutions are provided at the end of the book.
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About the Author
LluÃs Llorens Palomo
NROChemistry is a trusted platform created to help advanced chemistry students master named reactions with clarity and confidence. Founded in 2019 by organic chemist LluÃs Llorens Palomo, it quickly grew from a personal project into a widely used resource among students, researchers, and chemistry enthusiasts.
LluÃs shares educational content through YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and his website—featuring reaction breakdowns, lab experiments, and interactive quizzes.
Named Reactions Handbook & Quiz is the first book in the NROChemistry series. In 2024, LluÃs released his second title, The Chemists’ Cookbook—a hands-on lab guide that sold over 1,000 copies within its first five months.
FAQ
1. What reactions are included in Named Reactions Handbook & Quiz?
The Named Reactions Handbook & Quiz features 102 named reactions. Here is the full named reactions list:
1. Aldol Reaction, 2. Appel Reaction, 3. Arndt–Eistert Homologation, 4. Babler–Dauben Oxidation, 5. Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation, 6. Barbier Coupling, 7. Barton–McCombie Reaction, 8. Baylis–Hillman Reaction, 9. Birch Reduction, 10. Bischler–Napieralski Reaction, 11. Buchwald–Hartwig Coupling, 12. Chan–Lam Coupling, 13. Chugaev Elimination, 14. Claisen Condensation, 15. Claisen Rearrangement, 16. Clemmensen Reduction, 17. Cope Elimination, 18. Cope Rearrangement, 19. Corey–Bakshi–Shibata Reduction, 20. Corey–Chaykovsky Cyclopropanation, 21. Corey–Chaykovsky Epoxidation, 22. Corey–Fuchs Homologation, 23. Corey–Gilman–Ganem Oxidation, 24. Corey–Kim Oxidation, 25. Corey–Winter Olefination, 26. Criegee Oxidation, 27. Curtius Rearrangement, 28. Dieckmann Condensation, 29. Diels–Alder Reaction, 30. Eschenmoser–Claisen Rearrangement, 31. Eschweiler–Clarke Reaction, 32. Evans–Tishchenko Reaction, 33. Favorskii Rearrangement, 34. Fischer Esterification, 35. Fleming–Tamao Oxidation, 36. Friedel–Crafts Reactions, 37. Gabriel Synthesis, 38. Grieco Elimination, 39. Haloform Reaction, 40. Heck Coupling, 41. Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky Reaction, 42. Hofmann Elimination, 43. Hofmann Rearrangement, 44. Hofmann–Löffler Cyclization, 45. Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons Reaction, 46. Ireland–Claisen Rearrangement, 47. Julia–Kocienski Olefination, 48. Krapcho Decarboxylation, 49. Kulinkovich Reaction, 50. Kulinkovich–Szymoniak Reaction, 51. Kumada Coupling, 52. Ley–Griffith Oxidation , 53. Mannich Reaction, 54. Matteson Epoxidation, 55. Matteson Homologation, 56. Michael Reaction, 57. Mitsunobu Reaction, 58. Mukaiyama–Hayashi β-Keto Acetal Synthesis, 59. Mukaiyama Hydration, 60. Nazarov Cyclization, 61. Negishi Coupling, 62. Nicholas Reaction, 63. Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation, 64. Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi Reaction, 65. Overman Rearrangement, 66. Parikh–Doering Oxidation, 67. Pauson–Khand Reaction, 68. Peterson Olefination, 69. Pictet–Spengler Reaction, 70. Pinacol Rearrangement, 71. Pinner Reaction, 72. Pinnick–Kraus Oxidation, 73. Prins Reaction, 74. Reformatsky Reaction, 75. Reimer–Tiemann Reaction, 76. Riley Oxidation, 77. Ritter Reaction, 78. Robinson Annulation, 79. Roush Allylation, 80. Rubottom Oxidation, 81. Saegusa–Ito Oxidation, 82. Sakurai Allylation, 83. Sandmeyer Reaction, 84. Seyferth–Gilbert Homologation, 85. Shapiro Olefination, 86. Shi Epoxidation, 87. Simmons–Smith Reaction, 88. Sonogashira Coupling, 89. Staudinger Reaction, 90. Still–Gennari Olefination, 91. Stille Coupling, 92. Stork Enamine Aldol Condensation, 93. Strecker Synthesis, 94. Suzuki Coupling, 95. Swern Oxidation, 96. Takai Olefination, 97. Tebbe Olefination, 98. Tsuji–Trost Allylation, 99. Van Leusen Reaction, 100. Vilsmeier–Haack Formylation, 101. Wittig Olefination, 102. Wolff–Kishner Reduction
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As an Organic Chemistry fan, this book is an excellent way to have multiple reactions at hand in just one place.
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