Barbier(-type) Reaction P. Barbier, C. R. Acad. Sci. 128, 110 (1899). One-step procedure for the preparation of alcohols from organic halides and aldehy

Bamford-Stevens Reaction; Shapiro Reaction W. R. Bamford, T. S. Stevens, J. Chem. Soc. 1952, 4735. Formation of olefins by base-promoted decomposition o

Bamberger Rearrangement E. Bamberger, Ber. 27, 1347, 1548 (1894). Intermolecular rearrangement of N-phenylhydroxylamines in aqueous acid to give the cor

Schiemann Reaction (Balz-Schiemann Reaction) G. Balz, G. Schiemann, Ber. 60, 1186 (1927). Formation of diazonium fluoroborates by diazotization of aroma

Corey-Bakshi-Shibata Reduction (CBS) E. J. Corey et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 5551 (1987). Enantioselective borane reduction of ketones catalyzed by c

Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement W. Baker, J. Chem. Soc. 1933, 1381; H. S. Mahal, K. Venkataraman, ibid. 1934, 1767. Base-catalyzed rearrangement of o-a

Baeyer-Villiger Reaction A. Baeyer, V. Villiger, Ber. 32, 3625 (1899); 33, 858 (1900). The oxidation of ketones to esters or lactones by peracids:

Baeyer-Drewson Synthesis A. Baeyer, V. Drewson, Ber. 15, 2856 (1882). Formation of indigos by an aldol reaction, q.v., of s to acetone, or ; of intere

Ramberg-Bäcklund Reaction L. Ramberg, B. Bäcklund, Arkiv Kemi Mineral Geol. 13A(27), 50 (1940), C.A. 34, 47255 (1940). Reaction of α-hal

Gomberg-Bachmann Reaction M. Gomberg, W. E. Bachmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 46, 2339 (1924). Alkali dependent formation of diaryl compounds from aryl diazon

Favorskii-Babayan Synthesis A. E. Favorskii, J. Russ. Phys. Chem. Soc. 37, 643 (1905); Chem. Zentr. 1905, II, 1018; A. Babayan et al., J. Gen. Chem. (USSR) 9, 1631 (1939).

Auwers Synthesis K. v. Auwers et al., Ber. 41, 4233 (1908); 48, 85 (1915); 49, 809 (1916); K. v. Auwers, P. Pohl, Ann. 405, 243 (1914). Expansion of cou

Arndt-Eistert Synthesis F. Arndt, B. Eistert, Ber. 68, 200 (1935). Homologation of carboxylic acids: Alternative

Arens-van Dorp Synthesis; Isler Modification D. A. van Dorp, J. F. Arens, Nature 160, 189 (1947); J. F. Arens et al., Rec. Trav. Chim. 68, 604, 609 (1949); O. Isler et al.

Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction A. Michaelis, R. Kaehne, Ber. 31, 1048 (1898); A. E. Arbuzov, J. Russ. Phys. Chem. Soc. 38, 687 (1906); Chem. Zentr. 1906, II, 1639.

Hofmann-Martius Rearrangement ( Rearrangement) A. W. Hofmann, C. A. Martius, Ber. 4, 742 (1871); A. W. Hofmann, ibid. 5, 720 (1872). Thermal conversion

Pinner Reaction (Amidine and Ortho Ester Synthesis) A. Pinner, F. Klein, Ber. 10, 1889 (1877); 11, 4, 1475 (1878); 16, 352, 1643 (1883). Formation of im

Amadori Rearrangement M. Amadori, Atti Accad. Nazl. Lincei 2(6), 337 (1925), C.A. 20, 902 (1926); ibid. 9(6), 68, 226 (1929), C.A. 23, 3211, 3443 (1929).

Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction ( Alkoxide Reduction) H. Meerwein, R. Schmidt, Ann. 444, 221 (1925); W. Ponndorf, Angew. Chem. 39, 138 (1926); A. Verley, Bull. Soc. Chi

Allylic Rearrangements L. Claisen, Ber. 45, 3157 (1912). Migration of a carbon-carbon double bond in a three carbon (allylic) system on treatment with n