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Organic Reactions is a secondary reference which synthesizes the organic chemistry literature around particular chemical transformations. Each chapter of Organic Reactions is devoted to a particular organic chemical reaction, and chapters provide exhaustive coverage of literature work in the form of a tabular survey of known reactions. Mechanistic and experimental details, including the scope and limitations of each transformation, are also included.
Description of the Book Series[edit]
Organic Reactions is a comprehensive reference work that contains authoritative, critical reviews of many important synthetic reactions. Authors for these chapters are solicited by the board of editors from leading chemists worldwide. The publication process entails a thorough peer-review process, ensuring the high quality and attention to detail for which this series is noted. Organic Reactions chapters focus primarily on the preparative aspects of a given transformation. Particular attention is paid to substrate scope, reaction limitations, stereochemical aspects, effects of chemical structures, and the selection of experimental conditions. Detailed procedures illustrating the significant modifications of the chemical reaction are also included, along with comparisons to other methods to achieve a similar transformation. Every chapter contains a comprehensive compilation all of the published examples of the reaction organized in tables according to the structure of the starting material. Each reaction is presented with information about the reaction conditions, yield, products, and is fully referenced.
The aim of Organic Reactions since its initial publication in 1942 has been to assist organic chemists in the design of new experiments by providing "critical discussions of the more important synthetic reactions." Organic Reactions is unique in providing an authoritative discussion of the topic reaction accompanied by tables that organize all published examples of the reaction being reviewed. This combination of critical discussion and thorough coverage is responsible for the leading position this series occupies for scientists interested in the reactions of organic chemistry. An additional distinctive feature of this series is that it is assembled almost entirely through voluntary dedicated efforts of its authors, editors and assistants.
The Organic Reactions book series is owned and copyrighted by Organic Reactions, Inc. a not-for-profit, private operating foundation incorporated in the state of Illinois. The books are published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. who also manage and maintain the Organic Reactions website.
History of the Series (PDF)[edit]
The Beginning[edit]
The reasons for starting Organic Reactions and the ways in which it was planned to accomplish its goals are well stated in the Introduction to the Series, which is included at the beginning of each volume.
The decision to undertake the preparation and presentation of "critical discussions of the more important (synthetic) reactions" was made at a meeting of the editors of Organic Syntheses and representatives of John Wiley & Sons during the Eighth National Organic Chemistry Symposium at St. Louis in December 1939. At that meeting the organizational setup was agreed upon, the operating procedures were roughed out, and the topics and authors were selected for Volume 1. These actions were formalized by the incorporation of Organic Reactions in Illinois on August 1, 1942, for educational and research purposes, with Roger Adams, Harold R. Snyder, Werner E. Bachmann, John R. Johnson, and Louis F. Fieser as directors, and by the appearance later that year of Volume 1. Roger Adams was elected president and served as President and Editor-in-Chief until he was succeeded in both positions by Arthur C. Cope in 1960 with the publication of Volume 11. He remained an active member of the Editorial Board until his death in 1971. Professor Cope in turn was succeeded in 1966 by Professor William G. Dauben who served from 1966-1984. Subsequent Editors-in-Chief and Presidents of the corporation are: Professor Andrew S. Kende (1984-1988), Professor Leo A. Paquette (1988-2000) Professor Larry E. Overman (2000-2007) and Professor Scott E. Denmark (2008-present). The close relationship of Organic Reactions to Organic Syntheses, Roger Adams, and John Wiley & Sons is obvious; the great value of that relationship is equally obvious to all who have been connected with the series as editors and authors.
Operating Procedures[edit]
The editors chose the topics to be covered and the authors who would be asked to write the chapters. These decisions, together with discussions of work in progress, were the bases of an annual working dinner for the editors. Invitations to write chapters were extended by the Editor-in-Chief, and those who knew Roger Adams will not be surprised that few invitations were declined. Correspondence with authors and publishers between the annual meetings was handled by one of the editors who also served as secretary.
There was no formal rule on an editor's length of service; the informal understanding with the original board of five was that they would serve through the publication of five volumes.
Each draft manuscript when received was duplicated and copies were sent to the editors. Every editor read each draft manuscript for accuracy and completeness of the chemistry involved and for clarity and effectiveness of presentation. Comments on these matters were sent in writing by each editor to the Responsible Editor-an editor who had either volunteered or had been "volunteered" (army style) to follow the manuscript, with the aid of the Secretary and the Editor-in-Chief, through to publication or rejection.
The Responsible Editor summarized the comments tactfully and sent the summary to the author to enable him to take advantage of the comments in revising the manuscript. The revised manuscript was read by the Responsible Editor and, if it met with his approval and that of the Editor-in-Chief, was copy edited and sent to the publisher. If the revised manuscript was not considered satisfactory it was referred to the Editorial Board, which would recommend rejection, acceptance, additional revision, or assistance by a co-author or an editor. The number of rejections was small but the amount of work done by authors and editors was often considerable.
The publisher also copy edited each accepted manuscript and sent it along for composition. Galley proofs were read by all editors and their marked galleys sent to the Secretary who combined the corrections on a set of master galleys that served as the basis for page proofs. All page proofs were read by all editors. Finally, one editor prepared the index and checked the front material, which had been made up by the publisher. The authors, of course, also read galley and page proofs.
Full Listing of Chapters[edit]
The table below contains a full listing of Organic Reactions chapters to date. Clicking on the chapter title navigates to a Wikipedia page describing that reaction. Clicking on the "link" in parenthesis navigates to the actual Organic Reactions chapter.
| Volume (Year) | Chapter Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 74 (2009) | Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation Of C=N Functions (link) | Hans-Ulrich Blaser and Felix Spindler |
| Oxoammonium And Nitroxide-Catalyzed Oxidations Of Alcohols (link) | James M. Bobbitt, Christian Brückner, and Nabyl Merbouh | |
| Asymmetric Epoxidatioin Of Electron-Deficient Alkenes (link) | Michael J. Porter and John Skidmore | |
| Volume 73 (2008) | Allylboration of Carbonyl Compounds (link) | Hugo Lachance and Dennis G. Hall |
| Volume 72 (2008) | Electrophilic Amination of Carbanions, Enolates, and Their Surrogates (link) | Engelbert Ciganek |
| Desulfonylation Reactions (link) | Diego A. Alonso and Carmen Nájera | |
| Volume 71 (2008) | Ionic and Organometallic-Catalyzed Organosilane Reductions (link) | Gerald L. Larson and James L. Fry |
| Volume 70 (2008) | The Catalytic Asymmetric Strecker Reaction (link) | Masakatsu Shibasaki, Motomu Kanai, and Tsuyoshi Mita |
| The Synthesis of Phenols and Quinones via Fischer Carbenes (link) | Marcey L. Waters and William D. Wulff | |
| Volume 69 (2007) | Dioxirane Oxidations of Compounds Other Than Alkenes (link) | Waldemar Adam, Cong-Gui Zhao, and Kavitha Jakka |
| Electrophilic Fluorination with N-F Reagents (link) | Jérôme Baudoux and Dominique Cahard | |
| Volume 68 (2007) | Cotrimerizations of Acetylenic Comounds (link) | Nicolas Agenet, Olivier Buisine, Franck Slowinski, Vincent Gandon, Corinne Aubert, and Max Malacria |
| Glycosylation on Polymer Supports (link) | Simone Bufali and Peter H. Seeberger | |
| Volume 67 (2006) | Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Addition Reactions (link) | Erick M. Carreira, Alec Fettes, and Christiane Marti |
| Benzylic Activation and Stereochemical Control in Reactions of Tricarbonyl(Arene)Chromium Complexes (link) | Motokazu Uemura | |
| Volume 66 (2005) | The Allylic Trihaloacetimidate Rearrangment (link) | Larry E. Overman and Nancy E. Carpenter |
| Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Alkenes (link) | Mark C. Noe, Michael A. Letavic, Sheri L. Snow, and Stuart McCombie | |
| Volume 65 (2005) | The Passerini Reaction (link) | Luca Banfi and Renata Riva |
| Diels-Alder Reactions of Imino Dienophiles (link) | Geoffrey R. Heintzelman, Ivona R. Meigh, Yogesh R. Mahajan, and Steven M. Weinreb | |
| Volume 64 (2004) | Additions of Allyl, Allenyl, and Propargylstannanes to Aldehydes and Imines (link) | Benjamin W. Gung |
| Glycosylation with Sulfoxides and Sulfinates as Donors or Promoters (link) | David Crich and Linda B. L. Lim | |
| Addition of Organochromium Reagents to Carbonyl Compounds (link) | Kazuhiko Takai | |
| Volume 63 (2004) | The Biginelli Dihydropyrimidine Synthesis (link) | C. Oliver Kappe and Alexander Stadler |
| Microbial Arene Oxidations (link) | Roy A. Johnson | |
| Cu, Ni, and Pd Mediated Homocoupling Reactions in Biaryl Syntheses: The Ullmann Reaction (link) | Todd D. Nelson and R. David Crouch | |
| Volume 62 (2003) | α-Hydroxylation of Enolates and Silyl Enol Ethers (link) | Bang-Chi Chen, Ping Zhou, Franklin A. Davis, and Engelbert Ciganek |
| The Ramberg-Bäcklund Reaction (link) | Richard J. K. Taylor and Guy Casy | |
| The a-Hydroxy Ketone (α-Ketol) and Related Rearrangements (link) | Leo A. Paquette and John E. Hofferberth | |
| Transformation of Glycals into 2,3-Unsaturated Glycosyl Derivatives (link) | Robert J. Ferrier and Oleg A. Zubkov | |
| Volume 61 (2002) | [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Trimethylenemethane and Its Synthetic Equivalents (link) | Shigeru Yamago and Eiichi Nakamura |
| Dioxirane Epoxidation of Alkenes (link) | Waldemar Adam, Chantu R. Saha-Möller, and Cong-Gui Zhao | |
| Volume 60 (2002) | Epoxide Migration (Payne Rearrangement) and Related Reactions (link) | Robert M. Hanson |
| The Intramolecular Heck Reaction (link) | J. T. Link | |
| Volume 59 (2001) | Reductive Aminations of Carbonyl Compounds with Borohydride and Borane Reducing Agents (link) | Ellen W. Baxter and Allen B. Reitz |
| Volume 58 (2001) | Simmons-Smith Cyclopropanation Reaction (link) | André B. Charette and André Beauchemin |
| Preparation and Applications of Functionalized Organozinc Compounds (link) | Paul Knochel, Nicolas Millot, Alain L. Rodriguez, and Charles E. Tucker | |
| Volume 57 (2001) | Intermolecular Metal-Catalyzed Carbenoid Cyclopropanations (link) | Huw M. L. Davies and Evan G. Antoulinakis |
| Oxidation of Phenolic Compounds with Organohypervalent Iodine Reagents (link) | Robert M. Moriarty and Om Prakash | |
| Synthetic Uses of Tosylmethyl Isocyanide (TosMIC) (link) | Daan van Leusen and Albert M. van Leusen | |
| Volume 56 (2000) | The Hydroformylation Reaction (link) | Iwao Ojima, Chung-Ying Tsai, Maria Tzamarioudaki, and Dominique Bonafoux |
| The Vilsmeier Reaction. 2. Reactions with Compounds Other Than Fully Conjugated Carbocycles and Heterocycles (link) | Gurnos Jones and Stephen P. Stanforth | |
| Volume 55 (1999) | Synthesis of Nucleosides (link) | Helmut Vorbrüggen and Carmen Ruh-Pohlenz |
| Volume 54 (1999) | Aromatic Substitution by the SRN1 Reaction (link) | Roberto Rossi, Adriana B. Pierini, and Ana N. Santiago |
| Oxidation of Carbonyl Compounds with Organohypervalent Iodine Reagents (link) | Robert M. Moriarty and Om Prakash | |
| Volume 53 (1998) | The Oxidation of Alcohols by Modified Oxochromium(VI)-Amine Complexes (link) | Frederick A. Luzzio |
| The Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction. Part II. Dienophiles with One or More Heteroatoms (link) | Bruce Rickborn | |
| Volume 52 (1998) | The Retro–Diels–Alder Reaction. Part I. C–C Dienophiles (link) | Bruce Rickborn |
| Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones (link) | Shinichi Itsuno | |
| Volume 51 (1997) | Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Using Boron Enolates (link) | Cameron J. Cowden and Ian Paterson |
| The Catalyzed a-Hydroxyalkylation and a-Aminoalkylation of Activated Olefins (The Morita–Baylis–Hillman Reaction) (link) | Engelbert Ciganek | |
| [4 + 3] Cycloaddition Reactions (link) | James H. Rigby and F. Christopher Pigge | |
| Volume 50 (1997) | The Stille Reaction (link) | Vittorio Farina, Venkat Krishnamurthy and William J. Scott |
| Volume 49 (1997) | The Vilsmeier Reaction of Fully Conjugated Carbocycles and Heterocycles (link) | Gurnos Jones and Stephen P. Stanforth |
| [6 + 4] Cycloaddition Reactions (link) | James H. Rigby | |
| Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions Promoted by Trivalent Manganese (link) | Gagik G. Melikyan | |
| Volume 48 (1995) | Asymmetric Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols: The Katsuki-Sharpless Epoxidation Reaction (link) | Tsutomu Katsuki and Victor S. Martin |
| Radical Cyclization Reactions (link) | B. Giese, B. Kopping, T. Göbel, J. Dickhaut, G. Thoma, K. J. Kulicke, and F. Trach | |
| Volume 47 (1995) | Lateral Lithiation Reactions Promoted by Heteroatomic Substituents (link) | Robin D. Clark and Alam Jahangir |
| The Intramolecular Michael Reaction (link) | R. Daniel Little, Mohammad R. Masjedizadeh, Olof Wallquist (in part), and Jim I. McLoughlin (in part) | |
| Volume 46 (1994) | Tin(II) Enolates in the Aldol, Michael, and Related Reactions (link) | Teruaki Mukaiyama and Shu Kobayashi |
| The [2,3]-Wittig Reaction (link) | Takeshi Nakai and Koichi Mikami | |
| Reductions with Samarium(II) Iodide (link) | Gary A. Molander | |
| Volume 45 (1994) | The Nazarov Cyclization (link) | Karl L. Habermas, Scott E. Denmark, and Todd K. Jones |
| Ketene Cycloadditions (link) | John Hyatt and Peter W. Raynolds | |
| Volume 44 (1993) | Preparation of a,b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds and Nitriles by Selenoxide Elimination (link) | Hans J. Reich and Susan Wollowitz |
| Enone Olefin [2 + 2] Photochemical Cyclizations (link) | Michael T. Crimmins and Tracy L. Reinhold | |
| Volume 43 (1993) | Carbonyl Methylenation and Alkylidenation Using Titanium-Based Reagents (link) | Stanley H. Pine |
| Anion-Assisted Sigmatropic Rearrangements (link) | Stephen R. Wilson | |
| The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Ketones and Aldehydes (link) | Grant R. Krow | |
| Volume 42 (1992) | The Birch Reduction of Aromatic Compounds (link) | Peter W. Rabideau and Zbigniew Marcinow |
| The Mitsunobu Reaction (link) | David L. Hughes | |
| Volume 41 (1992) | Divinylcyclopropane-Cycloheptadiene Rearrangement (link) | Tomásˇ Hudlicky´ , Rulin Fan, Josephine W. Reed, and Kumar G. Gadamasetti |
| Organocopper Reagents: Substitution, Conjugate Addition, Carbo/Metallo-cupration, and Other Reactions (link) | Bruce H. Lipshutz and Saumitra Sengupta | |
| Volume 40 (1991) | The Pauson-Khand Cycloaddition Reaction for Synthesis of Cyclopentenones (link) | Neil E. Schore |
| Reduction with Diimide (link) | Daniel J. Pasto and Richard T. Taylor | |
| The Pummerer Reaction of Sulfinyl Compounds (link) | Ottorino DeLucchi, Umberto Miotti, and Giorgio Modena | |
| The Catalyzed Nucleophilic Addition of Aldehydes to Electrophilic Double Bonds (link) | Hermann Stetter and Heinrich Kuhlmann | |
| Volume 39 (1990) | Lithioalkenes from Arenesulfonylhydrazones (link) | A. Richard Chamberlin and Steven H. Bloom |
| The Polonovski Reaction (link) | David Grierson | |
| Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds via Alkoxysulfonium Ylides: The Moffatt, Swern, and Related Oxidations (link) | Thomas T. Tidwell | |
| Volume 38 (1990) | The Peterson Olefination Reaction (link) | David J. Ager |
| Tandem Vicinal Difunctionalization: β-Addition to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Substrates Followed by α-Functionalization (link) | Marc J. Chapdelaine and Martin Hulce | |
| The Nef Reaction (link) | Harold W. Pinnick | |
| Volume 37 (1989) | Chiral Synthons by Ester Hydrolysis Catalyzed by Pig Liver Esterase (link) | Masaji Ohno and Masami Otsuka |
| The Electrophilic Substitution of Allylsilanes and Vinylsilanes (link) | Ian Fleming, Jacques Dunoguès, and Roger Smithers | |
| Volume 36 (1988) | The [3 + 2] Nitrone-Olefin Cycloaddition Reaction (link) | Pat N. Confalone and Edward M. Huie |
| Phosphorus Addition at sp2 Carbon (link) | Robert Engel | |
| Reduction by Metal Alkoxyaluminum Hydrides. Part II. Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives, Nitrogen Compounds, and Sulfur Compounds (link) | Jaroslav Málek | |
| Volume 35 (1988) | The Beckmann Reactions: Rearrangements, Elimination-Additions, Fragmentations, and Rearrangement-Cyclizations (link) | Robert E. Gawley |
| The Persulfate Oxidation of Phenols and Arylamines (The Elbs and the Boyland-Sims Oxidations) (link) | E. J. Behrman | |
| Fluorination with Diethylaminosulfur Trifluoride and Related Aminofluorosulfuranes (link) | Milosˇ Hudlicky´ | |
| Volume 34 (1985) | Reductions by Metal Alkoxyaluminum Hydrides (link) | Jaroslav Málek |
| Fluorination by Sulfur Tetrafluoride (link) | Chia-Lin J. Wang | |
| Volume 33 (1985) | Formation of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds via Organoboranes and Organoborates (link) | Ei-Ichi Negishi and Michael J. Idacavage |
| The Vinylcyclopropane-Cyclopentene Rearrangement (link) | Tomásˇ Hudlicky´ , Toni M. Kutchan, and Saiyid M. Naqvi | |
| Volume 32 (1984) | The Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction | Engelbert Ciganek |
| Synthesis Using Alkyne-Derived Alkenyl- and Alkynylaluminum Compounds (link) | George Zweifel and Joseph A. Miller
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| Volume 31 (1984) | Addition and Substitution Reactions of Nitrile-Stabilized Carbanions (link) | Siméon Arseniyadis, Keith S. Kyler, and David S. Watt |
| Volume 30 (1984) | Photocyclization of Stilbenes and Related Molecules (link) | Frank B. Mallory and Clelia W. Mallory |
| Olefin Synthesis via Deoxygenation of Vicinal Diols (link) | Eric Block | |
| Volume 29 (1983) | Replacement of Alcoholic Hydroxy Groups by Halogens and Other Nucleophiles via Oxyphosphonium Intermediates (link) | Bertrand R. Castro |
| Reductive Dehalogenation of Polyhalo Ketones with Low-Valent Metals and Related Reducing Agents (link) | Ryoji Noyori and Yoshihiro Hayakawa | |
| Base-Promoted Isomerizations of Epoxides (link) | Jack K. Crandall and Marcel Apparu | |
| Volume 28 (1982) | The Reimer-Tiemann Reaction | Hans Wynberg and Egbert W. Meijer |
| The Friedländer Synthesis of Quinolines (link) | Chia-Chung Cheng and Shou-Jen Yan | |
| The Directed Aldol Reaction (link) | Teruaki Mukaiyama | |
| Volume 27 (1982) | Allylic and Benzylic Carbanions Substituted by Heteroatoms | Jean-François Biellmann and Jean-Bernard Ducep |
| Palladium-Catalyzed Vinylation of Organic Halides (link) | Richard F. Heck | |
| Volume 26 (1979) | Heteroatom-Facilitated Lithiations | Heinz W. Gschwend and Herman R. Rodriguez |
| Intramolecular Reactions of Diazocarbonyl Compounds (link) | Steven D. Burke and Paul A. Grieco | |
| Volume 25 (1977) | The Ramberg-Bäcklund Rearrangement (link) | Leo A. Paquette |
| Synthetic Applications of Phosphoryl-Stabilized Anions (link) | William S. Wadsworth, Jr. | |
| Hydrocyanation of Conjugated Carbonyl Compounds (link) | Wataru Nagata and Mitsuru Yoshioka | |
| Volume 24 (1976) | Homogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysts in Organic Solvents | Arthur J. Birch and David H. Williamson |
| Ester Cleavages via SN2-Type Dealkylation | John E. McMurry | |
| Arylation of Unsaturated Compounds by Diazonium Salts (The Meerwein Arylation Reaction) | Christian S. Rondestvedt, Jr. | |
| Selenium Dioxide Oxidation | Norman Rabjohn | |
| Volume 23 (1976) | Reduction and Related Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds with Metals in Liquid Ammonia | Drury Caine |
| The Acyloin Condensation | Jordan J. Bloomfield, Dennis C. Owsley, and Janice M. Nelke | |
| Alkenes from Tosylhydrazones | Robert H. Shapiro | |
| Volume 22 (1975) | The Claisen and Cope Rearrangements | Sara Jane Rhoads and N. Rebecca Raulins |
| Substitution Reactions Using Organocopper Reagents | Gary H. Posner | |
| Clemmensen Reduction of Ketones in Anhydrous Organic Solvents | E. Vedejs | |
| The Reformatsky Reaction | Michael W. Rathke | |
| Volume 21 (1974) | Fluorination with Sulfur Tetrafluoride | G. A. Boswell, Jr. , W. C. Ripka, R. M. Scribner, and C. W. Tullock |
| Modern Methods to Prepare Monofluoroaliphatic Compounds | Clay M. Sharts and William A. Sheppard | |
| Volume 20 (1973) | Cyclopropanes from Unsaturated Compounds, Methylene Iodide, and Zinc-Copper Couple | H. E. Simmons, T. L. Cairns, Susan A. Vladuchick, and Connie M. Hoiness |
| Sensitized Photooxygenation of Olefins | R. W. Denny and A. Nickon | |
| The Synthesis of 5-Hydroxyindoles by the Nenitzescu Reaction | George R. Allen, Jr. | |
| The Zinin Reaction of Nitroarenes | H. K. Porter | |
| Volume 19 (1972) | Conjugate Addition Reactions of Organocopper Reagents | Gary H. Posner |
| Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds via π-Allylnickel Compounds | Martin F. Semmelhack | |
| The Thiele-Winter Acetoxylation of Quinones | J. F. W. McOmie and J. M. Blatchly | |
| Oxidative Decarboxylation of Acids by Lead Tetraacetate | Roger A. Sheldon and Jay K. Kochi | |
| Volume 18 (1970) | Preparation of Ketones from the Reaction of Organolithium Reagents with Carboxylic Acids | Margaret J. Jorgenson |
| The Smiles and Related Rearrangements of Aromatic Systems | W. E. Truce, Eunice M. Kreider, and William W. Brand | |
| The Reactions of Diazoacetic Esters with Alkenes, Alkynes, Heterocyclic, and Aromatic Compounds | Vinod Dave and E. W. Warnhoff | |
| The Base-Promoted Rearrangements of Quaternary Ammonium Salts | Stanley H. Pine | |
| Volume 17 (1969) | The Synthesis of Substituted Ferrocenes and Other π-Cyclopentadienyl-Transition Metal Compounds | Donald E. Bublitz and Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr. |
| The γ-Alkylation and γ-Arylation of Dianions of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds | Thomas M. Harris and Constance M. Harris | |
| The Ritter Reaction | L. I. Krimen and Donald J. Cota | |
| Volume 16 (1968) | The Aldol Condensation | Arnold T. Nielsen and William J. Houlihan |
| Volume 15 (1967) | The Dieckmann Condensation | John P. Schaefer and Jordan J. Bloomfield |
| The Knoevenagel Condensation | G. Jones | |
| Volume 14 (1965) | The Chapman Rearrangement | J. W. Schulenberg and S. Archer |
| a-Amidoalkylations at Carbon | Harold E. Zaugg and William B. Martin | |
| The Wittig Reaction | Adalbert Maercker | |
| Volume 13 (1963) | Hydration of Olefins, Dienes, and Acetylenes via Hydroboration | George Zweifel and Herbert C. Brown |
| Halocyclopropanes from Halocarbenes | William E. Parham and Edward E. Schweizer | |
| Free Radical Addition to Olefins to Form Carbon-Carbon Bonds | Cheves Walling and Earl S. Huyser | |
| Formation of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds by Free Radical Chain Additions to Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds | F. W. Stacey and J. F. Harris, Jr. | |
| Volume 12 (1962) | Cyclobutane Derivatives from Thermal Cycloaddition Reactions | John D. Roberts and Clay M. Sharts |
| The Preparation of Olefins by the Pyrolysis of Xanthates. The Chugaev Reaction | Harold R. Nace | |
| The Synthesis of Aliphatic and Alicyclic Nitro Compounds | Nathan Kornblum | |
| Synthesis of Peptides with Mixed Anhydrides | Noel F. Albertson | |
| Desulfurization with Raney Nickel | George R. Pettit and Eugene E. van Tamelen | |
| Volume 11 (1960) | The Beckmann Rearrangement | L. Guy Donaruma and Walter Z. Heldt |
| The Demjanov and Tiffeneau-Demjanov Ring Expansions | Peter A. S. Smith and Donald R. Baer | |
| Arylation of Unsaturated Compounds by Diazonium Salts | Christian S. Rondestvedt, Jr. | |
| The Favorskii Rearrangement of Haloketones | Andrew S. Kende | |
| Olefins from Amines: The Hofmann Elimination Reaction and Amine Oxide Pyrolysis | Arthur C. Cope and Elmer R. Trumbull | |
| Volume 10 (1959) | The Coupling of Diazonium Salts with Aliphatic Carbon Atoms | Stanley J. Parmerter |
| The Japp-Klingemann Reaction | Robert R. Phillips | |
| The Michael Reaction | Ernst D. Bergmann, David Ginsburg, and Raphael Pappo | |
| Volume 9 (1957) | The Cleavage of Non-enolizable Ketones with Sodium Amide | K. E. Hamlin and Arthur W. Weston |
| The Gattermann Synthesis of Aldehydes | William E. Truce | |
| The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Aldehydes and Ketones | C. H. Hassall | |
| The Alkylation of Esters and Nitriles | Arthur C. Cope, H. L. Holmes, and Herbert O. House | |
| The Reaction of Halogens with Silver Salts of Carboxylic Acids | C. V. Wilson | |
| The Synthesis of β-Lactams | John C. Sheehan and Elias J. Corey | |
| The Pschorr Synthesis and Related Diazonium Ring Closure Reactions | DeLos F. DeTar | |
| Volume 8 (1954) | Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols | Homer Adkins |
| The Synthesis of Ketones from Acid Halides and Organometallic Compounds of Magnesium, Zinc, and Cadmium | David A. Shirley | |
| The Acylation of Ketones to Form β-Diketones or β-Keto Aldehydes | Charles R. Hauser, Frederic W. Swamer, and Joe T. Adams | |
| The Sommelet Reaction | S. J. Angyal | |
| The Synthesis of Aldehydes from Carboxylic Acids | Erich Mosettig | |
| The Metalation Reaction with Organolithium Compounds | Henry Gilman and John W. Morton, Jr. | |
| β-Lactones | Harold E. Zaugg | |
| The Reaction of Diazomethane and Its Derivatives with Aldehydes and Ketones | C. David Gutsche | |
| Volume 7 (1953) | The Pechmann Reaction | Suresh Sethna and Ragini Phadke |
| The Skraup Synthesis of Quinolines | R. H. F. Manske and Marshall Kulka | |
| Carbon-Carbon Alkylations with Amines and Ammonium Salts | James H. Brewster and Ernest L. Eliel | |
| The von Braun Cyanogen Bromide Reaction | Howard A. Hageman | |
| Hydrogenolysis of Benzyl Groups Attached to Oxygen, Nitrogen, or Sulfur | Walter H. Hartung and Robert Simonoff | |
| The Nitrosation of Aliphatic Carbon Atoms | Oscar Touster | |
| Epoxidation and Hydroxylation of Ethylenic Compounds with Organic Peracids | Daniel Swern | |
| Volume 6 (1951) | The Stobbe Condensation | William S. Johnson and Guido H. Daub |
| The Preparation of 3,4-Dihydroisoquinolines and Related Compounds by the Bischler-Napieralski Reaction | Wilson M. Whaley and Tutucorin R. Govindachari | |
| The Pictet-Spengler Synthesis of Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Related Compounds | Wilson M. Whaley and Tutucorin R. Govindachari | |
| The Synthesis of Isoquinolines by the Pomeranz-Fritsch Reaction | Walter J. Gensler | |
| The Oppenauer Oxidation | Carl Djerassi | |
| The Synthesis of Phosphonic and Phosphinic Acids | Gennady M. Kosolapoff | |
| The Halogen-Metal Interconversion Reaction with Organolithium Compounds | Reuben G. Jones and Henry Gilman | |
| The Preparation of Thiazoles | Richard H. Wiley, D. C. England, and Lyell C. Behr | |
| The Preparation of Thiophenes and Tetrahydrothiophenes | Donald E. Wolf and Karl Folkers | |
| Reductions by Lithium Aluminum Hydride | Weldon G. Brown | |
| Volume 5 (1949) | The Synthesis of Acetylenes | Thomas L. Jacobs |
| Cyanoethylation | Herman L. Bruson | |
| The Diels-Alder Reaction: Quinones and Other Cyclenones | Lewis L. Butz and Anton W. Rytina | |
| Preparation of Aromatic Fluorine Compounds from Diazonium Fluoborates: The Schiemann Reaction | Arthur Roe | |
| The Friedel and Crafts Reaction with Aliphatic Dibasic Acid Anhydrides | Ernst Berliner | |
| The Gattermann-Koch Reaction | Nathan N. Crounse | |
| The Leuckart Reaction | Maurice L. Moore | |
| Selenium Dioxide Oxidation | Norman Rabjohn | |
| The Hoesch Synthesis | Paul E. Spoerri and Adrien S. DuBois | |
| The Darzens Glycidic Ester Condensation | Melvin S. Newman and Barney J. Magerlein | |
| Volume 4 (1948) | The Diels-Alder Reaction with Maleic Anhydride | Milton C. Kloetzel |
| The Diels-Alder Reaction: Ethylenic and Acetylenic Dienophiles | H. L. Holmes | |
| The Preparation of Amines by Reductive Alkylation | William S. Emerson | |
| The Acyloins | S. M. McElvain | |
| The Synthesis of Benzoins | Walter S. Ide and Johannes S. Buck | |
| Synthesis of Benzoquinones by Oxidation | James Cason | |
| The Rosenmund Reduction of Acid Chlorides to Aldehydes | Erich Mosettig and Ralph Mozingo | |
| The Wolff-Kishner Reduction | David Todd | |
| Volume 3 (1946) | The Alkylation of Aromatic Compounds by the Friedel-Crafts Method | Charles C. Price |
| The Willgerodt Reaction | Marvin Carmack and M. A. Spielman | |
| Preparation of Ketenes and Ketene Dimers | W. E. Hanford and John C. Sauer | |
| Direct Sulfonation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Halogen Derivatives | C. M. Suter and Arthur W. Weston | |
| Azlactones | H. E. Carter | |
| Substitution and Addition Reactions of Thiocyanogen | John L. Wood | |
| The Hofmann Reaction | Everett L. Wallis and John F. Lane | |
| The Schmidt Reaction | Hans Wolff | |
| The Curtius Reaction | Peter A. S. Smith | |
| Volume 2 (1944) | The Claisen Rearrangement | D. Stanley Tarbell |
| The Preparation of Aliphatic Fluorine Compounds | Albert L. Henne | |
| The Cannizzaro Reaction | T. A. Geissman | |
| The Formation of Cyclic Ketones by Intramolecular Acylation | William S. Johnson | |
| Reduction with Aluminum Alkoxides (The Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction) | A. L. Wilds | |
| The Preparation of Unsymmetrical Biaryls by the Diazo Reaction and the Nitrosoacetylamine Reaction | Werner E. Bachmann and Roger A. Hoffman | |
| Replacement of the Aromatic Primary Amino Group by Hydrogen | Nathan Kornblum | |
| Periodic Acid Oxidation | Ernest L. Jackson | |
| The Resolution of Alcohols | A. W. Ingersoll | |
| The Preparation of Aromatic Arsonic and Arsinic Acids by the Bart, Béchamp, and Rosenmund Reactions | Cliff S. Hamilton and Jack F. Morgan | |
| Volume 1 (1942) | The Reformatsky Reaction | Ralph L. Shriner |
| The Arndt-Eistert Reaction | W. E. Bachmann and W. S. Struve | |
| Chloromethylation of Aromatic Compounds | Reynold C. Fuson and C. H. McKeever | |
| The Amination of Heterocyclic Bases by Alkali Amides | Marlin T. Leffler | |
| The Bucherer Reaction | Nathan L. Drake | |
| The Elbs Reaction | Louis F. Fieser | |
| The Clemmensen Reduction | Elmore L. Martin | |
| The Perkin Reaction and Related Reactions | John R. Johnson | |
| The Acetoacetic Ester Condensation and Certain Related Reactions | Charles R. Hauser and Boyd E. Hudson, Jr. | |
| The Mannich Reaction | F. F. Blicke | |
| The Fries Reaction | A. H. Blatt | |
| The Jacobson Reaction | Lee Irvin Smith |