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Niementowski Synthesis S. v. Niementowski, J. Prakt. Chem. [2] 51, 564 (1895). Formation of 4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolines by cyclization of the reactio

Nicholas Reaction R. F. Lockwood, K. M. Nicholas, Tetrahedron Letters 1977, 4163. The reaction of dicobalthexacarbonyl-stabilized propargyl cations with

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Negishi Cross Coupling E. Negishi et al., J. Org. Chem. 42, 1821 (1977). Formation of unsymmetric biaryls by cross coupling arylhalides with arylzinc re

Nef Synthesis J. U. Nef, Ann. 308, 281 (1899). Addition of sodium acetylides to aldehydes and ketones to yield acetylenic carbinols; occasionally and er

Nef Reaction J. U. Nef, Ann. 280, 263 (1894). Formation of aldehydes and ketones from primary and secondary nitroalkanes, respectively, by treatment of

Neber Rearrangement P. W. Neber, A. v. Friedolsheim, Ann. 449, 109 (1926); P. W. Neber, G. Huh, ibid. 515, 283 (1935). Formation of α-amino ketone

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