ORGANIC NAME REACTION

1. Finkelstein
CH3Br + NaI CH3-I + NaBr

Swarts CH3Br + AgF CH3F + AgBr

2.
CH3
Friedel-
Anhydrous AlCl3
Crafts
+ H 3C Cl
Alkylation
3.
COCH 3
Friedel-
CH 3COCl
Crafts
4. Acylation
Anhydrous AlCl3

2Na
Wurtz H 3C Cl + Cl CH3 H 3C CH3 + Na Cl
5.
Cl Cl

Fittig +
2Na
+ Na Cl
6. Dry ether
Cl

Wurtz-Fittig 2Na
+ Cl CH3 CH3 + Na Cl
Dry ether
7.
OH OH
ON a

Na OH i) CO2 COOH
Kolbe
ii) H+
8.

Reimer-
Tiemann
9.
10. Williamson CH3-Br + CH3-ONa CH3-O- CH3 + NaBr

H3O+
Stephen H 3C CN + SnCl2 + HCl H 3C CH NH H 3C CHO
11.
CH3 CHO

CrO2Cl2
Etard
H3O+
12.
CHO

Gatterman – CO / HCl
Koch
Anhydrous AlCl3
13.

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 ORGANIC NAME REACTION
O H2 O
Rosenmund
C C
reduction H 3C Cl H 3C H
Pd / BaSO 4
14.
O
Clemmensen Zn - Hg
C H 3C CH2 CH3
reduction Conc. HCl
15. H 3C CH3
O
Wolff-Kishner i) NH2-NH2
reduction C H 3C CH2 CH3
16. H3C CH3 ii) KOH / Ethylene glycol / 
17. Tollens’ test R-CHO + 2 [Ag(NH3)2]+ + 3 OH- R-COO- + 2Ag + 2H2O + 4 NH3
18. Fehling’s test R-CHO + 2 Cu 2+
+ 5 OH -
R-COO + Cu2O-
+ 3H2O
O
I2 / NaOH
Iodoform C CHI3 + CH3COONa
19. H 3C CH3 OR, NaOI
OH
dil NaOH 
Aldol H3C CH CH2 CHO H3C CH CH
2 H 3C CHO
condensation
20.
Conc. NaOH
21.
Cannizzaro HCHO
+ HCHO HCOON a + H 3C OH

i) Cl2 / Red Phosphorus

Hell-Volhard- H 3C COOH H 2C COOH
Zelinsky (HVZ)
ii) H2O
22. Cl
O
Hoffmann Br2
bromamide H 3C C NH2 H3C NH2
23. degradation NaOH

Carbylamine 
24. R-NH2 + CHCl3 + 3 KOH R-NC + 3 KCl + 3 H2O
NH2 + -
N 2 Cl

NaNO 2 + dil HCl

Diazotisation
273 - 278 K
25.
+ -
N 2 Cl Cl

Sandmeyer. CuCl / HCl

N2
+
26.
+ -
N 2 Cl Cl

Gatterman Cu / HCl
N2
+
27.

+ -
OH-
Coupling N 2 Cl + H OH N N OH
28.

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