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,

Letts Nitrile Synthesis E. A. Letts, Ber. 5, 669 (1872). Formation of nitriles by heating aromatic carboxylic acids with metal thiocyanates:

Lebedev Process S. V. Lebedev, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 3, 698 (1933). Formation of butadiene from ethanol by catalytic pyrolysis. The catalysts used are mixtu

Ladenburg Rearrangement A. Ladenburg, Ber. 16, 410 (1883); Ann. 247, 1 (1888). Thermal rearrangement of an alkyl- or benzylpyridinium halide to an alkyl

Kuhn-Winterstein Reaction R. Kuhn, A. Winterstein, Helv. Chim. Acta 11, 87 (1928). Conversion of 1,2-glycols into trans olefins by reaction with diphosp

Kucherov Reaction M. Kucherov, Ber. 14, 1540 (1881). Hydration of acetylenic hydrocarbons with dilute sulfuric acid in the presence of mercuric sulfate

Kröhnke Synthesis W. Zecher, F. Kröhnke, Ber. 94, 690, 698 (1961); eidem, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1, 626 (1962). 1,4-Michael addition, q.v., of

Kröhnke Oxidation F. Kröhnke et al., Ber. 69, 2006 (1936); 71, 2583 (1938); 72, 440 (1939). Transformation of activated halides into aldehydes