Meyer Synthesis (Victor Meyer Synthesis) V. Meyer, O. Stuber, Ber. 5, 203 (1872). Formation of aliphatic nitrites and nitro derivatives by the reaction

Meyer Reaction G. Meyer, Ber. 16, 1439 (1883). Preparation of alkylstannonic acids by reacting alkali stannite with an alkyl iodide. When applied to alk

Tebbe Olefination (Methylenation) F. N. Tebbe et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 100, 3611 (1978); S. H. Pine et al., ibid. 102, 3270 (1980). Exchange of the oxy

Merrifield Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS) R. B. Merrifield, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 85, 2149 (1963). Synthesis of long peptides involving the following

Menschutkin Reaction N. Menschutkin, Z. Physik. Chem. 5, 589 (1890); 6, 41 (1890). Reaction of tertiary amines with alkyl halides to form quaternary sal

Meisenheimer Rearrangements J. Meisenheimer, Ber. 52, 1667 (1919). Formation of O, N, N-trisubstituted hydroxylamines from tertiary amine oxides via [1,

Meerwein Arylation H. Meerwein et al., J. Prakt. Chem. 152, 237 (1939). Formation of arylated olefins on treatment of olefins with diazonium salts in th

Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement G. Wagner, J. Russ. Phys. Chem. Soc. 31, 690 (1899); H. Meerwein, Ann. 405, 129 (1914). -to-carbon migration of alkyl, ary

McMurry Coupling Reaction J. E. McMurry, M. P. Fleming, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 96, 4708 (1974); S. Tyrlik, I. Wolochowicz, Bull. Soc. Chim. France 1973, 2147; T. Mukaiyama et a

McLafferty Rearrangement F. W. McLafferty, Anal. Chem. 31, 82 (1959). Electron-impact-induced cleavage of carbonyl compounds having a hydrogen in the &g

McFadyen-Stevens Reaction J. S. McFadyen, T. S. Stevens, J. Chem. Soc. 1936, 584. Base-catalyzed thermal decomposition of acylbenzenesulfonylhydrazines

Martinet Dioxindole Synthesis A. Guyot, J. Martinet, Compt. Rend. 156, 1625 (1913). Formation of derivatives of dioxindole from esters of mesoxalic acid

Marschalk Reaction C. Marschalk et al., Bull. Soc. Chim. France 3, 1545 (1936). dithionite reduction of 1-hydroxy- or aminoanthraquinones to their leuc

Mannich Reaction C. Mannich, W. Krosche, Arch. Pharm. 250, 647 (1912). Reaction of compounds having an active hydrogen with non-enolizable aldehydes and

Malonic Ester Syntheses Syntheses based on the strongly activated methylene group of malonic esters which on reaction with sodium ethoxide form a resonance-stabilized ion

Malaprade Reaction (Periodic Acid Oxidation) L. Malaprade, Bull. Soc. Chim. France [4] 43, 683 (1928); Compt. Rend. 186, 382 (1928). Compounds containin

Madelung Synthesis W. Madelung, Ber. 45, 1128 (1912). Formation of derivatives by intramolecular cyclization of an N-(2-alkylphenyl)alkanamide by a str

Lossen Rearrangement W. Lossen, Ann. 161, 347 (1872); 175, 271, 313 (1874). Conversion of a hydroxamic acid to an isocyanate via the intermediacy of its

Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein Transformation C. A. Lobry de Bruyn, Rec. Trav. Chim. 14, 150 (1895); C. A. Lobry de Bruyn, W. A. van Ekenstein, ibid. 195, 203; 16, 262 (1897

Leuckart Reaction R. Leuckart, J. Prakt. Chem. [2] 41, 179 (1890). Decomposition of diazoxanthates, by warming gently in faintly acidic cuprous media,