Molecules Special Issue Topics: Reactions and Methods

additions

C=C, C=C
C=N, C=N
conjugate
electrophilic
Michael
nucleophilic

aliphatic substitution

S_N1
S_N2

aromatic substitution

electrophilic
nucleophilic

asymmetric synthesis
biomimetic synthesis
carbonyl reactions

acylation
aldol
electrophilic additions
nucleophilic additions
other condensations

catalytic methods

acid-base
alumina, clays, silica
antibodies
asymmetric
crowns, cryptands
enzymatic
heterogeneous
homogeneous
hydrogenation
phase-transfer
polyethers, polyamines(including macrocyclic)
solid-supported
zeolites

combinatorial chemistry

analytical methods
spatially separate methods
split methods

coupling reactions, transition metal mediated
electrochemical
eliminations
fragmentations
free radical reactions
gas phase reactions
glycosylation
green chemistry
halogenation

chlorination, bromination
fluorination
iodination

high pressure
hydroboration
hydrolysis
immonium (iminium) ion reactions (Mannich, Pictet-Spengler, etc.)
metallations
metathesis (alkene and alkyne)
microbiological
microwave
mutagenesis
organometallic reactions

ligand reactions in transition metal

complexes

main-group
transition metal

oxidation

enzymatic
halogen species
metal ions
metal oxo (including OsO4 and ReO4)
O2, 1O2, O2-, O3
peroxides and peroxyacids

pericyclic reactions

cycloadditions
      1, 3-dipolar
      2+2
      4+2 (Diels-Alder, etc.)

electrocyclic reactions
ene reactions
extrusions
orbital symmetry
sigmatropic rearrangements
[3,3] (Claisen, Cope, etc.)
[2,3] (Wittig, etc.)

phosphorylation
photochemistry

additions, cycloadditions
cleavages, eliminations, substitutions
isomerizations, rearrangements
matrix isolation
organometallic
oxidation, reduction
photophysics

photosynthesis
polymerization
protection-deprotection
protein modification
reduction

catalytic hydrogenation, heterogeneous
catalytic hydrogenation, homogeneous
dissolving metal, low-valent metal
enzymatic
hydride

solid and polymer-supported synthesis
solvolysis
sonochemistry/ultrasound
stereoselective processes

diastereoselective
enantioselective

thermal rearrangements, dissociations