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The oxidation and reduction reactions occur when electrons are lost or gained, respectively, in a chemical substrate. As a result, the functional groups of the molecule are transformed into others with a different oxidation state.
In this section, we list the most significant named organic reactions classified according to the type of chemical reaction. Among the named organic reactions of the type oxidations and reductions we can highlight the following:
Acyloin condensation
References:
S.M. McElvain in Organic Reactions, Vol. 4, p. 256(New York, 1948)
Adkins catalyst
References:
H. Adkins, Reactions of Hydrogen with Organic Compounds over Chromium Oxide and Nickel Catalysts, p12 (Madison, Wisconsin, 1937)
Adkins-Peterson reaction
References:
H. Adkins, W.R. Peterson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 53, 1512 (1931)
Akabori amino-acid reaction
References:
S. Akabori, J. Chem. Soc. Japan, 52, 606 (1931)
S. Akabori, Ber, 66, 143,151 (1933)
S. Akabori, J. Chem. Soc. Japan, 64, 608 (1943)
Andrussov oxidation (Andrussov process)
References:
L. Andrussov, Ber. 60, 2005 (1927)
Bouveault–Blanc reduction (Bouveault-Blanc reaction)
References:
L. Bouveault and G. Blanc, Compt. Rend. 136, 1676 (1903)
Cannizzaro reaction
References:
S. Cannizzaro, Ann., 88, 129 (1853)
K. List, H. Limpricht, Ann, 90, 180 (1854)
Clemmensen reduction
References:
E. Clemmensen, Ber. 46, 1837 (1913)
E. Clemmensen, Ber. 47, 51 (1914)
E. Clemmensen, Ber. 47, 681 (1914)
Corey-Bakshi-Shibata reduction (Corey-Itsuno reduction)
References:
E. J. Corey et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 5551 (1987)
D. J. Mathre et al., J. Org. Chem. 58, 2880 (1993)
E. J. Corey et al., J. am. Chem. Soc. 119, 11769 (1997)
Corey-Kim oxidation
References:
E. J. Corey, C. U. Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 94, 7586 (1972)
E. J. Corey, C. U. Kim. Tetrahedron Letters 1974, 287
Creighton process
References:
H.J. Creighton, U.S. patent 1612361 (1926)
H.J. Creighton, U.S. patent 1653004 (1927)
H.J. Creighton, U.S. patent 1712951 (1929)
H.J. Creighton, U.S. patent 1712952 (1929)
H.J. Creighton, U.S. patent 1990582 (1934)
H.J. Creighton, Trans. Electrochem. Soc. 75, 301 (1939)
Criegee oxidation
References:
R. Criegee, Ber. 64, 260 (1933)
Newer Methods of Preparative Organic Chemistry, R. Criegee, vol. 1 (Interscience, New York, 1948) pp 12-20
Oxidacion de Dakin
References:
H.D. Dakin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 42, 477 (1909)
Dess-Martin oxidation
References:
D.B. Dess, J.C. Martin, J. Org. Chem. 48, 4155 (1983)
R.J. Linderman, D.M. Graves, J. Org. Chem. 54, 661 (1989)
Elbs persulfate oxidation
References:
K. Elbs, J. Prakt. Chemie 48,179 (1893)
W. Baker, N. C. Brown and J. A. Scott, J. Chem. Soc. 1939, 1922
W. Baker and N. C. Brown, J. Chem. Soc. 1948, 2303
Étard reaction
References:
A.L. Etard, Compt. Rend. 90, 534 (1880);
A.L. Etard Ann. Chim. Phys. [5] 22, 218 (1881).
Fenton reaction
References:
H.J.H. Fenton, Proc. Chem. Soc. 9, I, 113 (1893)
H.J.H. Fenton, J. Chem Soc. 65, 899 (1894); 67, 774 (1895)
H.J.H. Fenton, H. Jackson J Chem. Soc. 75, 1 (1899)
Frankland-Duppa reaction
References:
E. Frankland, Ann. 126, 109 (1863)
E. Frankland, B.F. Duppa Ann. 135, 25 (1865)
Freund reaction
References:
A. Freund, Monatsh. 3, 625 (1882)
G. Gustavson, J. Prakt. Chem. 36, 300 (1887)
H. B. Hass et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. 28, 1178 (1936).
Guerbet reaction
References:
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 128, 511 (1899)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 146, 300 (1908)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 146, 1405 (1908)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 149, 129 (1909)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 150, 183 (1910)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 154, 222 (1912)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 154, 713 (1912)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 154, 1357 (1912)
M. Guerbet, Compt. Rend. 155, 1156 (1912)
Harries ozonolysis
References:
C. Harries, Ann. 343, 311 (1905)
H. Staudinger, Ber. 58, 1088 (1924)
L. Long, Chem. Reus. 27, 437 (1940)
Hooker reaction
References:
S.C. Hooker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 58, 1174 (1936)
S.C. Hooker, A. Steyermark, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 58, 1179 (1936)
L.F. Fieser, M. Fieser, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 3215 (1948)
L.F. Fieser, A.R. Bader, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73, 681 (1951)
Jones oxidation
References:
K. Bowden et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1946, 39
P. Bladon et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1951, 2402
E.R.AH. Jones et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 457
E.R.AH. Jones et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 2548
E.R.AH. Jones et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 3019
Malaprade oxidation
References:
L. Malaprade, Bull. Soc. Chim. France 43, 683 (1928)
L. Malaprade, Compt. Rend. 186, 382 (1928)
McMurry reaction
References:
J.E. McMurry, M.P. Fleming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 96, 4708 (1974)
J.E. McMurry, T. Lectka, J.G. Rico, J. Org. Chem. 54, 3748 (1989)
Mignonac reaction
References:
G. Mignonac, Compt. Rend. 172, 223 (1921)
Hidrogenación asimétrica de Noyori
References:
T. Ikariya et al. Chem. Commun. 1985, 922
R. Noyori et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 108, 7117 (1986)
M. Kitamura et al., Org. Syn. 71, 1 (1993)
Oppenauer oxidation
References:
R. V. Oppenauer, Rec. Trav. Chirn. 56, 137 (1937).
Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation
References:
K. E. Pfitzner, J. G. Moffatt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 85, 3027 (1963)
J. G. Moffatt, «Sulfoxide-Carbodiimide and Related Oxidations» in Oxidation vol. 2, R.L. Augustine, D. Trecker, Eds. (Dekker, New York 1971) pp 1-64
Pinacol coupling reaction
References:
R. Fittig. Ann. 110, 17 (1859)
G.M. Robertson, Comp. Org. Syn. 3, 563 (1991)
Pummerer rearrangement
References:
R. Pummerer, Ber. 43, 1401 (1910)
Horner, Kaiser, Annn. 626, 19 (1959)
Riley oxidation (selenium dioxide)
References:
H. L. Riley, J. F. Morley, and N. A. C. Friend, J. Chem. Soc. 1932, 1875.
Rubottom oxidation
References:
A.G. Brook, D.M. Macrae, J. Organometal. Chem. 77, C19 (1974)
A. Hassner et al., J. Org. Chem. 40, 3427 (1975)
G.M. Rubottom et al., Tetrahedron Letters 1974, 4319
Saegusa-Ito oxidation
References:
Y. Ito et al., J. Org. Chem. 43, 1011 (1978)
M. Kim. et al., Synth. Commun. 20, 989 (1990)
S. Porth et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38, 2015 (1999)
Sarett oxidation
References:
G.I. Poos, G. E. Arth, R. E. Beyler and L. H. Sarett, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75, 422 (1953).
J.R. Holum, J. Org. Chem. 26, 4814 (1961)
Staudinger reaction
References:
H. Staudinger, J. Meyer, Helv. Chim. Acta 2, 635 (1919)
Y.G. Gololobov et al, Tetrahedron 37, 437 (1981)
Swern oxidation
References:
K. Omura, D. Swern, Tetrahedron 34, 1651 (1978)
M. Marx, T.T. Tidwell, J. Org. Chem. 49, 788 (1984)
Wacker process
References:
J. Smidt et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1, 176 (1959)
S.X. Auclair et al., Tetrahedron Letters 33, 7739 (1992)
E. Monflier et al. Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 387 (1995)
Willgerodt-Kindler reaction
References:
C. Willgerodt, Ber. 20, 2467 (1887)
C. Willgerodt, Ber. 21, 534 (1888)
K. Kindler, Ann. 431, 193 (1923)
K. Kindler, Arch. Pharm. 265, 289 (1927)
Wolff-Kishner reduction
References:
N. Kishner, J. Russ. Phys. Chem. Soc. 43, 582 (1911)
N. Kishner, J. Russ. Phys. Chem. Soc. 6, 347 (1912)
L. Wolff, Ann. 394, 86 (1912)
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