Well-known
inorganic
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and
organometallic
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compounds and
reagents
In chemistry, a reagent ( ) or analytical reagent is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a chemical reaction, or test if one occurs. The terms ''reactant'' and ''reagent'' are often used interchangeably, but reactant specifies a ...
that are named after individuals include:
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Adams's catalyst
Adams' catalyst, also known as platinum dioxide, is usually represented as platinum(IV) oxide hydrate, PtO2•H2O. It is a catalyst for hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis in organic synthesis. This dark brown powder is commercially available. The ox ...
(proposed to be PtO
x)
*
Adamsite
Adamsite or DM is an organic compound; technically, an arsenical diphenylaminechlorarsine, that can be used as a riot control agent. DM belongs to the group of chemical warfare agents known as vomiting agents or sneeze gases. First synthesized in ...
(NH(C
6H
4)
2AsCl)
*
Adkins catalyst
Copper chromite is an inorganic compound with the formula Cu2Cr2O5. It is a black solid that is used to catalyze reactions in organic synthesis.
History
The material was first described in 1908. The catalyst was developed in North America by Home ...
(Cu
2Cr
2O
5)
*
Attenburrow's Oxide (MnO
2)
*
Arduengo carbene (class of compounds)
*
Baeyer's reagent (KMnO
4(aq))
*
Benedict's reagent
*
Bobbitt's salt (4-(Acetylamino)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-oxo-piperidinium tetrafluoroborate)
*
Bertrand carbene (class of compounds)
*
Brookhart's acid (H(OEt
2)
2BAr
F4)
*
Buckminsterfullerene
Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, and resembles a soccer ball. Each of its 60 carbon atoms is bonded ...
(C
60)
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Burow's solution
Burow's solution is an aqueous solution of aluminium triacetate. It is available in the U.S. as an over-the-counter drug for topical administration, with brand names including Domeboro (Moberg Pharma), Domeboro Otic (ear drops), Star-Otic, and Bor ...
(Al(CH
3CO
2)
3(aq))
* Calderon catalyst (WCl
6/EtAlCl
2/EtOH)
*
Caro's acid (H
2SO
5)
*
Chevreul's salt
Chevreul's salt (copper(I,II) sulfite dihydrate, Cu2SO3•CuSO3•2H2O or Cu3(SO3)2•2H2O), is a copper salt which was prepared for the first time by a French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1812. Its unusual property is that it contains cop ...
(Cu
3(SO
3)
2 • 2 H
2O)
* Chugaev's red salt (
t(C(NHMe)2N2H2CNMe)
2]Cl
2)
* Chugaev's salt (
t(NH3)5Cll
3)
* Cleve's triammine (
t(NH3)3Cll)
*
Collman's reagent (Na
2Fe(CO)
4)
*
Collins reagent (CrO
3 / py / CH
2Cl
2)
*
Condy's crystals (KMnO
4)
*
Corey–Chaykovsky reagent (O=S(CH
2)Me
2)
*
Cornforth reagent
The pyridinium dichromate (PDC) or Cornforth reagent is a pyridinium salt of dichromate with the chemical formula 5H5NHsub>2 r2O7 This compound is named after the Australian-British chemist Sir John Warcup Cornforth (b. 1917) who introduced it ...
(
yHsub>2
r2O7
*
Crabtree's catalyst (Ir(
COD)(py)(PCy
3)
+)
*
Creutz–Taube complex (
NH3)10Ru2(pyrazine)sup>5+)
*
Etard's reagent (CrO
2Cl
2)
* Davy's reagent
2S
2
*
Deacon Catalyst (CuO/CuCl
2)
* Dimroth's reagent (B(OAc)
2)
2O
* Durrant's Salt (K
2 o2(oxalate)4(OH)2H
2O]
*
Fehling's solution (
u(C4H4O6)2sup>4−)
*
Fenton's reagent
Fenton's reagent is a solution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) with ferrous iron (typically iron(II) sulfate, FeSO4) as a catalyst that is used to oxidize contaminants or waste waters as part of an advanced oxidation process. Fenton's reagent can be us ...
(Fe
2+ / H
2O
2)
*
Fetizon's reagent (
Ag2CO3 /
celite
Diatomaceous earth (), diatomite (), or kieselgur/kieselguhr is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that can be crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. It has a particle size ranging from more than 3 μm to les ...
)
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Fischer carbene
A Fischer carbene is a divalent organic ligand in an organometallic compound. In a Fischer carbene, the carbene ligand is a σ-donor π-acceptor ligand. Because π-backdonation from the metal centre is generally weak, the carbene carbon is electr ...
(class of compounds related to
CO)5Cr=C(CH3)OCH3*
Folin–Ciocalteu reagent The Folin–Ciocâlteu reagent (FCR) or Folin's phenol reagent or Folin–Denis reagent, is a mixture of phosphomolybdate and phosphotungstate used for the colorimetric ''in vitro'' assay of phenolic and polyphenolic antioxidants, also called the ...
(H
3PMo
12O
40 / H
3PW
12O
40)
* Furukawa's cyclopropanation reagent (ZnEt
2 / CH
2I
2)
*
Frémy's salt (Na
2NO(SO
3)
2)
*
Gilman reagents (R
2CuLi, class of compounds)
*
Glauber's salt
Sodium sulfate (also known as sodium sulphate or sulfate of soda) is the inorganic compound with formula Na2SO4 as well as several related hydrates. All forms are white solids that are highly soluble in water. With an annual production of 6 milli ...
(Na
2SO
4·10H
2O)
*
Gmelin's salt (K
3Fe(CN)
6)
* Gingras reagent (Ph
3SnF
2.N
nBu
4)
*
Grignard reagents
A Grignard reagent or Grignard compound is a chemical compound with the general formula , where X is a halogen and R is an organic group, normally an alkyl or aryl. Two typical examples are methylmagnesium chloride and phenylmagnesium bromide . ...
(RMgX, class of compounds)
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Grubbs catalyst
Grubbs catalysts are a series of transition metal carbene complexes used as catalysts for olefin metathesis. They are named after Robert H. Grubbs, the chemist who supervised their synthesis. Several generations of the catalyst have been develo ...
(RuCl
2(PCy
3)
2(CHPh))
*
Hauser base (R
2NMgBr)
*
Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst
Grubbs catalysts are a series of transition metal carbene complexes used as catalysts for olefin metathesis. They are named after Robert H. Grubbs, the chemist who supervised their synthesis. Several generations of the catalyst have been develo ...
(RuCl
2(PCy
3)(CH(C
6H
4)OiPr))
*
Jacobsen's catalyst
Jacobsen's catalyst is the common name for N,N'-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminomanganese(III) chloride, a coordination compound of manganese and a salen-type ligand. It is used as an asymmetric catalyst in the Jacobs ...
(derivative of Mn(
salen)Cl)
*
Jones reagent (CrO
3 / H
2SO
4(aq) / Me
2CO)
* Jordan's cation ((Cp)
2Zr(Me)(THF)
+)
*
Kagan's reagent (SmI
2)
* Karstedt's catalyst (Pt
23)
*
Kauffmann's reagent (
2 M = Mo, W)
* Keinan reagent (SiH
2I
2)
*
Kläui ligand −
*
Knölker complex (Fe(CO)
2H(hydroxycyclopentadienyl))
* Knowles' catalyst (
h-DIPAMP-CODF
4)
*
Kobayashi's anion (B
,5-(CF3)2C6H3sub>4
−)
* Koser's reagent (PhI(OTs)OH)
*
Lawesson's reagent (
H3OC6H4PS2sub>2)
*
Lazier catalyst (Cu
2Cr
2O
5)
*
Lemieux-Johnson reagent (NaIO
4 / OsO
4)
*
Lewisite
Lewisite (L) (A-243) is an organoarsenic compound. It was once manufactured in the U.S., Japan, Germany and the Soviet Union for use as a chemical weapon, acting as a vesicant (blister agent) and lung irritant. Although the substance is colorless ...
(ClCH=CHAsCl
2)
*
Ley-Griffith reagent (RuO
4N(C
3H
7)
4)
*
Lindlar catalyst
A Lindlar catalyst is a heterogeneous catalyst that consists of palladium deposited on calcium carbonate or barium sulfate which is then poisoned with various forms of lead or sulfur. It is used for the hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes (i.e. ...
(Pd / CaCO
3 / PbO)
* Lombardo reagent (CH
2Br
2 / TiCl
4 / Zn)
*
Lucas' reagent
"Lucas' reagent" is a solution of anhydrous zinc chloride in concentrated hydrochloric acid. This solution is used to classify alcohols of low molecular weight. The reaction is a substitution in which the chloride replaces a hydroxyl group. A pos ...
(ZnCl
2 / HCl(aq))
* Luche reagent (NaBH
4 / CeCl
3)
*
Magnus' green salt
Magnus's green salt is the inorganic compound with the formula t(NH3)4PtCl4]. This salt is named after Heinrich Gustav Magnus, who, in the early 1830s, first reported the compound. The compound is a linear chain compound, consisting of a chain of ...
(Pt
2(NH
3)
4Cl
4)
* Magnus' pink salt (
Polymorphism (materials science), polymorph of
Magnus' green salt
Magnus's green salt is the inorganic compound with the formula t(NH3)4PtCl4]. This salt is named after Heinrich Gustav Magnus, who, in the early 1830s, first reported the compound. The compound is a linear chain compound, consisting of a chain of ...
)
* Marignac's salt (K
2Ta
2O
3F
6)
*
Triethyloxonium_tetrafluoroborate, Meerwein's reagent CH3CH2)3OF
4
*
Meisenheimer complex
*
Millon's Base
Mercuric amidochloride is an inorganic compound with the formula .
Preparation and properties
It arises from the reaction of mercury(II) chloride and ammonia (Calomel reaction), where the resulting mercuric amidochloride is highly insoluble.
:
...
(Hg
2N)OH(H
2O)
x
*
Millon's reagent (Hg/HNO
3(aq))
*
Mohr's salt
Ammonium iron(II) sulfate, or Mohr's salt, is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2(H2O)6. Containing two different cations, Fe2+ and NH4+, it is classified as a double salt of ferrous sulfate and ammonium sulfate. It is a commo ...
(NH
4)
2Fe(SO
4)
2·6H
2O
* Negishi reagent (Cp
2ZrBu
2)
*
Nessler's reagent (K
2HgI
4)
*
Normant reagents (RMgX + CuX)
* Nugent's reagent (TiCp
2Cl)
*
Nysted reagent
The Nysted reagent is a reagent used in organic synthesis for the methylenation of a carbonyl group. It was discovered in 1975 by Leonard N. Nysted in Chicago, Illinois. It was originally prepared by reacting dibromomethane and activated zinc in ...
(ZnCH
2(ZnBr)
2.THF)
* Pearlman's catalyst (proposed to be Pd(OH)
2/C)
*
Péligot's salt (KCrO
3Cl)
* Periana catalyst (Pt(
2,2'-Bipyrimidine)Cl
2)
*
Petasis reagent
The Petasis reagent, named after Nicos A. Petasis, is an organotitanium compound with the formula Cp2Ti(CH3)2. It is an orange-colored solid.
Preparation and use
The Petasis reagent is prepared by the salt metathesis reaction of methylmagnesium ...
(Cp
2TiMe
2)
*
Peyrone's salt (''cis''-PtCl
2(NH
3)
2)
* Piers' borane (HB(C
6F
5)
2)
* Piers' catalyst (RuCl
2(PCy
3)CHPCy
3.BF
4)
* Prevost's reagent (Ag(OBz) / I
2)
*
Raney nickel (hydrogen dissolved in high surface area nickel)
*
Reinecke's salt
Reinecke's salt is a chemical compound with the formula NH4 r(NCS)4(NH3)2� H2O. The dark-red crystalline compound is soluble in boiling water, acetone, and ethanol. The chromium atom is surrounded by six nitrogen atoms in an octahedral geometry. ...
(NH
4 r(NCS)4(NH3)2 H2O)
* Reiset's second chloride (''trans''-PtCl
2(NH
3)
2, his first salt is
Peyrone's salt)
* Rice's Bromine Solution (Br
2 / NaBr
(aq))
*
Rieke metals
A Rieke metal is a highly reactive metal powder generated by reduction of a metal salt with an alkali metal. These materials are named after Reuben D. Rieke, who first described the recipes for their preparation. Among the many metals that have bee ...
(class of materials)
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Rochelle salt
Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate, also known as Rochelle salt, is a double salt of tartaric acid first prepared (in about 1675) by an apothecary, Pierre Seignette, of La Rochelle, France. Potassium sodium tartrate and monopotassium phospha ...
(KNaC
4H
4O
6·4H
2O)
*
Roussin's black salt (KFe
4S
3(NO)
7)
*
Roussin's red salt (K
2Fe
2S
2(NO)
4)
*
Scheele's green
Scheele's Green, also called Schloss Green, is chemically a cupric hydrogen arsenite (also called copper arsenite or acidic copper arsenite), . It is chemically related to Paris Green. Scheele's Green was invented in 1775 by Carl Wilhelm Sch ...
(CuHAsO
3)
*
Schlosser's base (
nBuLi/KO
tBu)
*
Schrock carbene
A transition metal carbene complex is an organometallic compound featuring a divalent organic ligand. The divalent organic ligand coordinated to the metal center is called a carbene. Carbene complexes for almost all transition metals have been rep ...
(class of compounds related to
(CH3)3CCH2)3Ta=CHC(CH3)3*
Schrock catalyst
* Schrock-Osborn catalyst (
CODRh(PPh
3)
2+)
*
Schultze reagent
Schultze reagent (also known as Chlor-Zinc-Iodine Solution) is an oxidizing mixture consisting of a saturated aqueous solution of potassium chlorate KClO3 and varying amounts of concentrated nitric acid HNO3. It is commonly used in palynologic ma ...
(KClO
3 / HNO
3)
*
Schweinfurter Green (Cu(
OAc)
2·3Cu(AsO
2)
2)
*
Schwartz's reagent (Cp
2Zr(H)Cl)
*
Schweizer's reagent
Schweizer's reagent is the metal ammine complex with the formula u(NH3)4(H2O)2OH)2. This deep-blue compound is used in purifying cellulose.
It is prepared by precipitating copper(II) hydroxide from an aqueous solution of copper sulfate using so ...
(
u(NH3)4(H2O)2OH)
2)
*
Schwessinger base (P(NP(NMe
2)
3)
3(NtBu))
* Scott-Wilson Reagent (Hg(CN)
2/AgNO
3/KOH)
*
Seignette's salt
Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate, also known as Rochelle salt, is a double salt of tartaric acid first prepared (in about 1675) by an apothecary, Pierre Seignette, of La Rochelle, France. Potassium sodium tartrate and monopotassium phospha ...
(KNaC
4H
4O
6·4H
2O)
*
Seyferth reagent (PhHgCCl
3)
*
Shilov catalyst (
PtCl2 /
H2PtCl6)
*
Sharpless reagent (Ti(O
iPr)4 /
diethyl tartrate /
tBuOOH)
*
Shvo catalyst
The Shvo catalyst is an organoruthenium compound that catalyzes the hydrogenation of polar functional groups including aldehydes, ketones and imines. The compound is of academic interest as an early example of a catalyst for transfer hydrogenation ...
((C
5Ph
4O)
2HRu
2H(CO)
4)
*
Simmons–Smith reagent (ICH
2ZnI)
*
Sonnenschein's Reagent (H
3PMo
12O
40)
*
Speier's catalyst (H
2PtCl
6)
* Stiles' reagent (Mg(OCO
2Me)
2)
*
Stryker's reagent
Stryker's reagent ( PPh3)CuHsub>6), also known as the Osborn complex, is a hexameric copper hydride ligated with triphenylphosphine. It is a brick red, air-sensitive solid. Stryker's reagent is a mildly hydridic reagent, used in homogeneous cat ...
(Cu
6H
6(PPh
3)
6)
*
Swart's reagent (SbF
3)
*
Tebbe's reagent
Tebbe's reagent is the organometallic compound with the formula (C5H5)2TiCH2ClAl(CH3)2. It is used in the methylenation of carbonyl compounds, that is it converts organic compounds containing the R2C=O group into the related R2C=CH2 derivative. It ...
(Cp
2TiCl(CH
2)AlMe
2)
*
Tollens' reagent
Tollens' reagent (chemical formula Ag(NH3)2OH) is a chemical reagent used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones along with some alpha-hydroxy ketones which can tautomerize into aldehydes. The reagent consists of a solution of silver nit ...
(
g(NH3)2sup>+)
*
Trinder reagent (10% FeCl
3(aq))
*
Turnbull's blue
Prussian blue (also known as Berlin blue, Brandenburg blue or, in painting, Parisian or Paris blue) is a dark blue pigment produced by oxidation of ferrous ferrocyanide salts. It has the chemical formula Fe CN)">Cyanide.html" ;"title="e(Cyani ...
(Fe
7(CN)
18⋅14H
2O)
* Udenfriend reagent
* Ugi's amine (Fe(Cp)(C
5H
4CH(Me)(NMe
2))
* Vauquelin's Salt (Pd analogue of Magnus' green salt, Pd
2(NH
3)
4Cl
4)
*
Vaska's complex
Vaska's complex is the trivial name for the chemical compound ''trans''-carbonylchlorobis(triphenylphosphine)iridium(I), which has the formula IrCl(CO) (C6H5)3sub>2. This square planar diamagnetic organometallic complex consists of a central iridi ...
(''trans''-IrCl(CO)
Ph3sub>2)
*
Vedejs' reagent (Mo(O)(O
2)
2(py)(OP(NMe
2)
3))
* Wagner's Reagent (I
2 / KI / H
2O)
*
Wanzlick carbene (class of compounds)
* Well's salt (CsAuCl
3)
*
White catalyst ((PhS(O)CH
2CH
2S(O)Ph).Pd(OAc)
2)
*
Wij's Solution (ICl / acetic acid)
*
Wilkinson's catalyst
Wilkinson's catalyst is the common name for chloridotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I), a coordination complex of rhodium with the formula hCl(PPh3)3(Ph = phenyl). It is a red-brown colored solid that is soluble in hydrocarbon solvents such as ...
(RhCl(PPh
3)
3)
*
Wolffram's Red Salt t(C2H5NH2)4Pt(C
2H
5NH
2)
4Cl
2]Cl
4·4H
2O
*
Woollins' reagent ((PhP(Se)Se)
2)
*
Zeise's salt
Zeise's salt, potassium trichloro(ethylene)platinate(II), is the chemical compound with the formula K platinum">PtCl3(C2H4).html" ;"title="platinum.html" ;"title="/nowiki>PtCl3(C2H4)">platinum.html"_;"title="/nowiki>platinum">PtCl3(C2H4)�H2O.__Th ...
(K
tCl3(C2H4)�H
2O)
*
Zerewitinoff Reagent (MeMgI /
nBu
2O)
*
Zhan catalyst (RuCl
2(PCy
3)(CH(2-SO
2NMe
2-C
6H
3)OiPr))
*
Ziegler–Natta catalyst A Ziegler–Natta catalyst, named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, is a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-alkenes ( alpha-olefins). Two broad classes of Ziegler–Natta catalysts are employed, distinguished by their solubility:
* ...
* ZoBell's solution (KCl/K
4 e(CN)6K
3 e(CN)6
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See also
*
List of inorganic reactions
*
List of inorganic compounds
*
List of organic reactions
Well-known reactions and reagents in organic chemistry include
0-9
* 1,2-Wittig rearrangement
* 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition
* 2,3-Wittig rearrangement
A
* Abramovitch–Shapiro tryptamine synthesis
*Acetalisation
* Acetoacetic ester condensation ...
*
List of organic compounds
This is a list of common chemical compounds with chemical formulae and CAS numbers, indexed by formula.This complements alternative listing at list of inorganic compounds
Although most compounds are referred to by their IUPAC systematic names ( ...
*
List of alloys
This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by base metal. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically. Some of the main alloying elements are optionally listed after the alloy names.
Alloys by base metal
Alumini ...
*
Inorganic compounds by element
External links
* http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/reich/handouts/NameReagents/namedreag-cont.htm
* http://careerchem.com/NAMED/Named-Reagents%28A-F%29.pdf
* http://careerchem.com/NAMED/Named-Reagents%28G-Z%29.pdf
Named inorganic compounds
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