The pdf provides a list of reagents and reactants used in organic chemistry high-school syllabus which would prove very useful for final year exams as well as entrance exams. It is a good reference document as each chemical is listed in a manner that's easy to look over during exams or revision per...
ORGANIC REAGENTS
S.No. Reagent Function
PCls, PBr, Pl Alcohols into Alkyl halides
2 SoCl, PCIs Alcohols into Alkyl chlorides &
Carboxylic acids into Acid Chlorides
3 HCVZnCI, HBr,HI Alcohols into alkyl halides
4 Cl/Fe or FeCl; Cl group substituting on Benzene
NaNO, HCI 0-5c Diazotisation
6 CuC1,CuBr,CuCN, KI,H,0, Diazonium Cholride into Chlor Benzene,
H,PO, Bromo Benzene, Benzo nitrile, lodo
Benzene, Phenol,Benzene respectively
7 HBF or NaBF. Diazonium Chloride into Floro Benzene
8 AgFor HgF, or SbF, or Alkyl halides into alkyl florides
CoF:
9 Na/ dry ether Alkyl halides into alkanes
10 NaOH 623/443/368K Chloro benzene to phenol
1 Br, /FeBr Bromination of Benzene
12 Clh/FeCl, Chlorination of Benzene
13 CHCIIAICI; alkylation of benzene and its derivatives
14 CH-CO-CI/AICI, Acylation on benzene
15 H,SO,HNO, Nitration of benzene
16 (CHCO,0 /AICI, 0 Acylation of Phenol
17 H,SO, Sulphonation on Benzene
18 HO/H,S0, alkenes into alcohols
Ag KOH Alkyl halide into alcohol
19 BH,H0,/OH Alkenes into alcohols (Anti
Markownikoff product)
20 NaBHJ LiAlH(LAH) Aldehydes, ketones, acids into alcohols,
Nito &Cynides, Isocyanides into amines
21 Hy Ni or HPd reduction of aldehydes, ketones and
cynides
22 RMgX/H0° Aldehydes, ketones into alcohls
23 O/H Cumene to phenol
24 Na Alcohol or phenol into Sodium
alkoxide/Phenoxide
25 (CHCO,O/CH-CO-CI O acylation on phenol or Nacylation on
Aneline or amine
26 Conc.H,SOJ443K Conversion of primary alcohols into
Alkenes
27 Conc.H,SOJ410K Conversion of alcohols into Ethers
28 85% H,PO,/440K Secondary alcohol into alkene
29 20% HaPO/358K Tertiary alcohol into alkene
Alcoholic KOH Alkyl halide into alkene
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