Syllabus Name Reactions, Rearrangements and Fragmentations

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Unit (I) Name Reactions involving Enol / Enolate / Condensation.

Unit (II) Name Reactions involving Rearrangements.

Unit (III) Name Reactions involving Fragmentations.

Unit (IV) Name Reactions involving Reduction.

Unit (V) Name Reactions involving Oxidation.

Unit (VI) Name Reactions involving Free Radicals.

Unit (VII) Name Reactions involving Heterocycles.

Unit (VIII) Name Reactions involving Organometallics.

Unit (IX) Name Reactions involving Elimination.

Unit (X) Miscellaneous Name Reactions.

Unit (I) Name reactions involving enol /enolate/ condensation.

1) Aldol Condensation

2)  Claisen – Schmidt Condensation.

3)  Mannich Condensation.

4)  Claisen – Ester Condensation.

5) Dieckmann Condensation.

6)  Benzoin Condensation.

7)  Knoevenagel Condensation.  

8) Stobbe Condensation.

9)  Perkin Condensation.

10)  Darzen Condensation.

11)   Michael Addition.

12)  Robinson Ring Annelation

13)  Stork Enamine. 

14) Reformatskii.

15) Phillip’s Condensation.

Unit (II) Name Reactions involving Rearrangements:-

• Nucleophilic  Rearrangements
• Electrophilic Rearrangements
• Aromatic Rearrangements
•  Miscellaneous Rearrangements

•  Nucleophilic  Rearrangements :-
• Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Carbon.
• Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Nitrogen.
• Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Oxygen.
•  Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Carbon:-
• Wagner Meerwein.
• Pinacol – Pinacolone.
• Semi – Pinacolone.
• Dienone – Phenol.
• Demjanov or Tiffeneu – Demjanov. 
• Arndt – Eistert synthesis & wolf.

• Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Nitrogen:-
• Beckmann
• Hoffmann
• Curtius
• Lossen
• Schmidt

• Nucleophilic Rearrangements towards electron deficient Oxygen:-
•  Baeyer – Villiger
• Favorskii 
• Dakin
• Benzil – Benzilic Acid.
•  Semi – Benzilic Acid.
• Neber
•  Hydro Peroxide   

   (B)  Electrophilic Rearrangements:-

• Sommelet Hauser 
• Steven 
• Smiles  
• Wittig  

   (C) Aromatic Rearrangements:- 

• Claisen 
• Fries
• Benzidine 

  (D) Miscellaneous:- 

• Von – Richter 
• Shapiro 
• Bamford – Steven
• Nazarov
• Payne
• Allylic         

Unit (III) Name Reactions involving Fragmentations:-

•  Beckmann.
• Eschenmoser.
• Ring Expansion by Fragmentations (Decalin system/Grob)
• Fragmentations Controlled by Steriochemistry.
• Mc Lafferty.  

Unit (IV) Name reactions involving Reduction:-

• Birch
• Wolf – Kishner 
• Clemension
• Mozingo
• Rosenmund
• MPV ( Meerwein – Pondorf – Verley) 
• Bouveault – Blanc
• Stephens’ 

Unit  (V) Name reactions involving Oxidation:-

• Oppenauer
• Corey – Fusch  vs. Apple reaction.
• Corey – Kim  
• Corey – Winter  
• Cumene – Hydro – Peroxide 

Unit (VI) Name Reactions involving Free Radical:-

• Acyloin Condensation
• Hoffmann – Loffler – Fretag Reaction.
• Barton Reaction.
• DPM (Di –Pi – Methane)
• Norish – I & II.
• Photo – Fries.
• Paterno – Buchi Reaction.

Unit (VII) Name Reactions involving Heterocycles:-

• Fischer – Indol Synthesis.
• Bischler – Napieralskii Synthesis.
• Skraup Synthesis.
• Pall – Knorr Synthesis.
• Madelung Synthesis.

Unit (VIII) Name reactions involving Organometallics:- 

• Heck Reaction.                                                  
• Suzuki Reaction.                                                
• Sonogashira Reaction.                                  
• Stille Reaction.                                             
• Negishi Reaction
• Kumada Reaction.
• Hiyama Reaction.
• Tsuji – Trost Reaction.
• Buchwald – Hartwig.

Unit (IX) Name Reactions involving Elimination:-

• Peterson.
• Julia Olefination.
• Chugaev.
• Pyrolytic Syn Elimination.
• Mc Murry.

Unit (X) Miscellaneous Name Reactions:-

• Friedel – Craft Alkylation & Acylation.
• Cannizaro Reaction.
• Gabriel – Phthalimide synthesis.
• Streckers Amino – Acid synthesis.
• Wittig Reaction VS. Tebbe’s reagent.
• Corey Chakovsky Reaction.
• Arbuzov Reaction.
• Simmon – Smith Reaction.
• Ritter Reaction.
• Chichibabin Reaction.
• Vilsmeir – Haack Reaction.
• Diazo – Coupling Reaction.
• Haloform Reaction.
• HVZ (Hell – Volhard – Zelinski) Reaction.
• Etard Reaction.
• Nef Reaction.
• Apple Reaction.
• Click Reaction.
• Mitsunobu Reaction.
• Reimer – Tiemann  Reaction.
• Kucherov Reaction.
• Mc Murry Coupling.
• Staudinger Reaction.
• Hoffmann Exhaustive Methylation / Hoffmann Degradation.
• Gattermann Reaction.