Benzilic Acid Rearrangement (Benzil-Benzilic Acid Rearrangement) J. Liebig, Ann. 25, 27 (1838); N. Zinin, ibid. 31, 329 (1939). Base-induced rearrangeme

Benzidine Rearrangement; Semidine Rearrangement A. W. Hofmann, Proc. Roy. Soc. London 12, 576 (1863); P. Jacobson et al., Ber. 26, 688 (1893). Acid-cata

Benkeser Reduction R. A. Benkeser et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 74, 5699 (1952); 77, 3230 (1955). Reduction of aromatic and olefinic compounds with lithium

Bénary Reaction E. Bénary, Ber. 63, 1573 (1930); 64, 2543 (1931). Action of Grignard reagents on enamino ketones or aldehydes yields &beta

Feist-Bénary Synthesis F. Feist, Ber. 35, 1537, 1545 (1902); E. Bénary, Ber. 44, 489, 493 (1911). Formation of furans from α-halogen

Fujimoto-Belleau Reaction C. I. Fujimoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73, 1856 (1951); B. Belleau, ibid. 5441. Synthesis of cyclic α-substituted α,&be

Dowd-Beckwith Ring Expansion Reaction A. L. J. Beckwith et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 2565 (1988); P. Dowd, S. C. Choi, Tetrahedron 45, 77 (1989). Free

Beckmann Rearrangement; Beckmann Fragmentation E. Beckmann, Ber. 19, 988 (1886). Acid-mediated isomerization of oximes to amides. Oximes of cyclic keton

Béchamp Reduction A. J. Béchamp, Ann. Chim. Phys. 42(3), 186, (1854). Reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines by

Baylis-Hillman Reaction A. B. Baylis, M. E. D. Hillman, DE 2155113; eidem, US 3743669 (1972, 1973 both to Celanese). Coupling of activated vinyl systems

Schotten-Baumann Reaction C. Schotten, Ber. 17, 2544 (1884); E. Baumann, ibid. 19, 3218 (1886). Acylation of alcohols or amines with acid chlorides in a

Haller-Bauer Reaction A. Haller, E. Bauer, Compt. Rend. 148, 70, 127 (1909); 149, 5 (1909). Cleavage of non-enolizable ketones with sodium amide; freque

Baudisch Reaction O. Baudisch et al., Naturwiss. 27, 768, 769 (1939); Science 92, 336 (1940); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 63, 622 (1941). Synthesis of o-nitrosoph

Barton-Zard Reaction D. H. R. Barton et al., Tetrahedron 46, 7587 (1990). Formation of a pyrrole by condensation of a substituted nitroso-alkene with an

Barton Reaction D. H. R. Barton et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 2640 (1960); 83, 4076 (1961). Conversion of a nitrite ester to a γ-oximino alcohol b

Barton Olefin Synthesis (Barton-Kellogg Reaction) D. H. R. Barton et al., Chem. Commun. 1970, 1226; R. M. Kellogg, S. Wassenaar, Tetrahedron Letters 1970, 1987; R. M. Kell

Barton Deoxygenation (Barton-McCombie Reaction) D. H. R. Barton, S. W. McCombie, Perkin Trans. I 1975, 1574. Deoxygenation of alcohols via their thiocar

Barton Decarboxylation D. H. R. Barton et al., Chem. Commun. 1983, 939; eidem, Tetrahedron 41, 3901 (1985). Radical decarboxylation of organic acids to

Bart Reaction; Scheller Modification H. Bart, DE 250264 (1910); DE 254092 (1910); DE 264924 (1910); DE 268172 (1912); Ann. 429, 55 (1922); E. Scheller, GB 261026; A. W. Ru

Barbier-Wieland Degradation H. Wieland, Ber. 45, 484 (1912); P. Barbier, R. Locquin, Compt. Rend. 156, 1443 (1913). Stepwise carboxylic acid degradation