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Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction T. Mukaiyama et al., Chem Lett. 1973, 1011; idem et al., ibid. 1974, 323; eidem, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 96, 7503 (1974). Formation o

Wessely-Moser Rearrangement F. Wessely, G. H. Moser, Monatsh. 56, 97 (1930). Rearrangement of flavones and flavanones possessing a 5-hydroxyl group, thr

Moore Myers Cyclization; Moore Cyclization; Myers Cyclization J. O. Karlsson et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 107, 3392 (1985); A. G. Myers et al., ibid. 111, 8057 (1989); R. Nag

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Pfitzner-Moffatt Oxidation (Moffatt Oxidation) K. E. Pfitzner, J. G. Moffatt, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 85, 3027 (1963). Mild oxidation of primary and secondary

Mitsunobu Reaction O. Mitsunobu et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 40, 935 (1967); O. Mitsunobu, Y. Yamada, ibid. 2380. Condensation of alcohols and acidic

Milas Hydroxylation of Olefins N. A. Milas et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 58, 1302 (1936); 59, 543, 2342, 2345 (1937); 61, 1844 (1939); 62, 1841 (1940). Form

Mignonac Reaction G. Mignonac, Compt. Rend. 172, 223 (1921). Formation of amines by catalytic hydrogenation of aldehydes or ketones in liquid ammonia an

Miescher Degradation C. Meystre et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 27, 1815 (1944). Adaptation of the Barbier-Wieland degradation, q.v., to permit simultaneous el

Mukaiyama-Michael Reaction K. Narasaka et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 49, 779 (1976). Formation of 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds by reaction of ketene silyl

Meyers Aldehyde Synthesis A. I. Meyers et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 91, 763 (1969); eidem, J. Org. Chem. 38, 36 (1973). Synthesis of aldehydes from alkylha

Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement; Rupe Rearrangement K. H. Meyer, K. Schuster, Ber. 55, 819 (1922); H. Rupe, E. Kambli, Helv. Chim. Acta 9, 672 (1926). Acid

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