In organic chemistry, the Wurtz reaction, named after Charles Adolphe Wurtz, is a coupling reaction in which two alkyl halides are treated with sodium...

The Wurtz–Fittig reaction is the chemical reaction of an aryl halide, alkyl halides, and sodium metal to give substituted aromatic compounds. Following...

ethylamine, ethylene glycol, and the aldol reaction. Wurtz was also an influential writer and educator. Adolphe Wurtz (he never used the name "Charles") was...

CH2=CHR' → RC(O)CH2CH2R' Nazarov cyclization reaction for the synthesis of cyclopentenones The Wurtz reaction, involving reductive coupling of alkyl halides...

with sodium, causing an intramolecular Wurtz reaction leading directly to cyclopropane. The yield of the reaction was improved by Gustavson in 1887 with...

organic chemistry, a coupling reaction is a type of reaction in which two reactant molecules are bonded together. Such reactions often require the aid of a...

cis-hydroxylation Woodward–Hoffmann rule Wulff–Dötz reaction Wurtz coupling, Wurtz reaction Wurtz–Fittig reaction Yamada–Okamoto purine synthesis Yamaguchi esterification...

year, E. Haworth and W.H. Perkin Jr. (1860–1929) prepared it via a Wurtz reaction of 1,6-dibromohexane. Although rather unreactive, cyclohexane undergoes...

and by the French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz in 1872, which originally used aldehydes to perform the reaction. Howard Zimmerman and Marjorie D. Traxler...

ketones and hydrocarbons. He discovered the Fittig reaction or Wurtz–Fittig reaction for the synthesis of alkylbenzenes, he proposed a diketone structure...

certain reactions. Examples of reactions requiring the use of anhydrous solvents are the Grignard reaction and the Wurtz reaction. Solvents have typically been...

into biodiesel and for grafting of carbon electrodes. Electrosynthesis Wurtz reaction Utley, James (1997). "Trends in Organic Electrosynthesis". Chemical...

transforming an electrophilic compound into a nucleophilic compound. The Wurtz reaction reductively couples two alkyl halides to couple with sodium. Some organochlorides...

synthesized through Kolbe electrolysis or other coupling reactions like the Wurtz reaction. Alkanes from nonane to hexadecane (those alkanes with nine...

hexaphenylethane from triphenylmethyl chloride and zinc in benzene in a Wurtz reaction and found that the product, based on its behaviour towards iodine and...

to couple in Wurtz reaction, giving symmetrical alkanes. Haloalkanes, especially iodoalkanes, also undergo oxidative addition reactions to give organometallic...

new carbon–carbon bond. Examples include the Heck reaction, Ullmann reaction, and Wurtz–Fittig reaction. Many variations exist. Substituted compounds are...

metals react with halogen derivatives to generate hydrocarbon via the Wurtz reaction. 2CH3-Cl + 2Na → H3C-CH3 + 2NaCl Alkali metals dissolve in liquid ammonia...

Technology) Gilman reagent Wurtz reaction Posner, G. H. (1975). "Substitution Reactions using Organo Copper Reagents". Organic Reactions. Vol. 22. pp. 253–400...

thiophene-2-carboxylate, a copper reagent used in the Ullmann reaction Wurtz–Fittig reaction, a similar reaction useful for alkylbenzenes synthesis Yin; Liebscher...

chemist and lepidopterist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz (1817–1884), Alsatian French chemist, discovered the Wurtz reaction Kurt Wüthrich (born 1938), 2002 Nobel...

bis(diboranyl) isomer is initially produced when synthesizing tetraborane by the Wurtz reaction or coupling of B2H5I in the presence of sodium amalgam. Three pathways...

Wronski, Polish mathematician – Wronskian Charles Adolphe Wurtz, French chemist – Wurtz reaction, Wurtzite Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...

The Henry reaction is a classic carbon–carbon bond formation reaction in organic chemistry. Discovered in 1895 by the Belgian chemist Louis Henry (1834–1913)...

a methane type (tetravalent) for carbon. Charles-Adolphe Wurtz publishes the Wurtz reaction. Benjamin Silliman, Jr. pioneers methods of petroleum cracking...

produced in 2005. Methylamine was first prepared in 1849 by Charles-Adolphe Wurtz via the hydrolysis of methyl isocyanate and related compounds. An example...

Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction RXNO:0000062 Skraup reaction RXNO:0000064 Fischer indole synthesis RXNO:0000074 Wurtz reaction RXNO:0000081 Ullmann condensation...

or earlier. Wurtz's 1859 synthesis long remained the only method of preparing ethylene oxide, despite numerous attempts, including by Wurtz himself, to...

the preparation of this reagent, since the reaction of the bromide with magnesium tends to form the Wurtz coupling product 1,2-diphenylethane. Benzyl...

process now known as the aldol reaction, the discovery of which is jointly credited to Borodin and Charles Adolphe Wurtz. Borodin investigated the condensation...