The following is a list of chemical compounds named after people. List of catalysts named after people
| Common Name | IUPAC Name | CAS # | Named For | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams' reagent | zinc cyanide | 557-21-1 | Roger Adams | text |
| Adamsite | 10-chloro-5,10-dihydrophenarsazin) | 578-94-9 | Roger Adams | text |
| Andresen's acid | 3-amino-1,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid | 78887-55-7 | Momme Andresen | text |
| Appel's reagent | 4,5-dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium chloride | 75318-43-3 | Rolf Appel | text |
| Armstrong's acid | 1,5-naphthalenedisulfonic acid | 81-04-9 | Henry Edward Armstrong | Wynne's acid William Palmer Wynne |
| Attenburrow's Oxide: MnO2 | ||||
| Baeyer's acids | 7-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 494-44-0 | Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer | Cassella's acid |
| Baeyer's acids | 7-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 132-57-0 | Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer | text |
| Barluenga iodination reagent: I(Py)2BF4 | ||||
| Bates reagent | ?-oxo-bis[tris-(dimethylamino)phosphonium]bis(tetrafluoroborate) | # | Arnold J. Bates | text |
| Belleau's reagent | ||||
| Bindschedler's green | (N-[4-[[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]imino]-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene]-N-methylmethanaminium chloride) | 4486-05-9 | R. Bindschedler | text |
| Brassard's diene | ||||
| Bredereck's reagent | t-butoxybis(dimethylamino)methane | 5815-08-7 | Hellmut Bredereck | text |
| Brederick's reagent | ||||
| Brönner's acid | 2-amino-6-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 93-00-5 | Momme Andresen | text |
| Brown's reagent | allyl bis-(2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.3.1]-hept-3-yl)-borane | 85116-38-7 106356-53-0 | Herbert Charles Brown | text |
| Buckminsterfullerene | (C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene | 99685-96-8 | Richard Buckminster Fuller | text |
| Burgess reagent | allyl bis-(2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.3.1]-hept-3-yl)-borane | 29684-56-8 | Edward M. Burgess | text |
| CBS catalyst | (R)-3,3-Diphenyl-1-methylpyrrolidino[1,2-c]-1,3,2-oxazaborole | 7440-47-3 1317-38-0 | Elias James Corey, Raman K. Bakshi, and Saizo Shibata | text |
| Caro's acid | Peroxymonosulfuric acid | 7722-86-3 | Heinrich Caro | text |
| Chan's diene | ||||
| Claus' benzene | ||||
| Cleve's acids | 8-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (Cleve's ? -acid) (1878/1888)119-28-8
5-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid (Cleve's ? -acid, Erdmann ? -acid) (1887)119-79-9 Hugo Erdmann 4-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid (Cleve's ?-acid) (1886)134-54-3 5-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (Cleve's ? -acid, Laurent's acid) (1875) 84-89-9 |
7722-86-3 | Per Theodor Cleve | text |
| Collman's reagent | disodium tetracarbonylferrate | 59733-73-2 | James Paddock Collman | text |
| Comins triflating reagent | ||||
| Corey's reagent | pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) 26299-14-9
or dimethylsulfoxonium methylide (dimethyloxosulfonium methylide) 5367-24-8 70775-39-2 |
59733-73-2 | Elias James Corey | text |
| Corey aldehyde | hexahydro-4-carboxaldehyde-5-(4-triethylsiloxy)cyclopenta[b]furan-2-one | 122437-68-7 128948-10-7 | Elias James Corey | text |
| Corey lactone | hexahydro-4-hydroxymethyl-5-(4-phenylbenzoyloxy)cyclopenta[b]furan-2-one | 38754-71-1 54382-73-9 31752-99-5 | Elias James Corey | text |
| Corey-Chaykovsky reagent | ||||
| Corey-Kim reagent | N-chlorosuccinimide-dimethyl sulfide | 54884-50-3 | Elias James Corey and Choung Un Kim | text |
| Corey-Seebathch reagent | ||||
| Dahl acids | 6-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid 81-05-0
4-amino-1,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid or Dahl's acid II 85-74-5 4-amino-1,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid or Dahl's acid III 85-75-6 |
54884-50-3 | Elias James Corey | text |
| Dane's diene | ||||
| Danishefsky's diene | N-chlorosuccinimide-dimethyl sulfide | 103559-89-3 103559-90-6 | Samuel J. Danishefsky | Kitahara diene Takeshi Kitahara |
| Danishefsky reagent | dicarboxyethylacetylene | 762-21-0 | Samuel J. Danishefsky | text |
| Darvon alcohol | 4-dimethylamino-3-methyl-1,2-diphenyl-2-butanol | 38345-66-3 | Samuel J. Danishefsky | text |
| Davis oxidizing reagent | ||||
| Davy's reagent | ||||
| Dewar benzene | bicyclo[2.2.0]-hexa-2,5-diene | 5649-95-6 66050-60-0 66050-61-1 | James Dewar | text |
| Dess–Martin periodinane | bicyclo[2.2.0]-hexa-2,5-diene | 5649-95-6 66050-60-0 66050-61-1 | Daniel Benjamin Dess and James Cullen Martin | text |
| Ebert and Merz acids | 2,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid 581-75-9
2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid 92-41-1 |
5649-95-6 66050-60-0 66050-61-1 | R. Ebert and Viktor Merz | text |
| Edman's reagent | phenylisothiocyanate | 103-72-0 | Pehr Victor Edman | text |
| Ehrlich's reagent | 1-amino-4-benzaldehyde | 100-10-7 | Paul Ehrlich | text |
| Ellman's reagent | bis(4-nitro-5-carboxyl-phenyl)disulfide | 69-78-3 | George Leon Ellman | text |
| Ender's reagents | ||||
| Eschenmoser's salt | bis(4-nitro-5-carboxyl-phenyl)disulfide | 33797-51-2 | Albert Eschenmoser | text |
| Evans Chiral Auxiliary | ||||
| Forsling's acid | 2-amino-1,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid | 6838-02-4 | S. Forsling | text |
| Frémy's salt | potassium nitrosodisulfonate | 6838-02-4 | Edmond Frémy | text |
| Freund's acid | potassium nitrosodisulfonate | 6251-07-6 | Martin Freund | text |
| Gingras reagent: n-Bu4N+(Ph3SnF2)-, tetrabutylammonium difluorotriphenylstannate | ||||
| Girard reagent P | potassium nitrosodisulfonate | 1126-58-5 | André Girard | text |
| Girard reagent T | potassium nitrosodisulfonate | 123-46-6 | André Girard | text |
| Gold's reagent | 3-(dimethylamino)-2-azaprop-2-en-1-ylidene dimethylammonium chloride | 20353-93-9 | Heinrich Gold | text |
| Grieco Reagent TolSO3-PyrH+, Pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (PPTS). | ||||
| Hermann reagent | ||||
| Hünig's base | N,N-Diisopropylethylamine | 20353-93-9 | Siegfried Hünig | text |
| Jacques' reagent | ||||
| Kalle's acid | 1-amino-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid | 486-54-4 | Wilhelm Ferdinand Kalle | text |
| Keinan Silane reagent: Diiodosilane (DIS) | ||||
| Kemp's triacid | cyclohexyl triacid | 79410-20-1 118514-35-5 136662-41-4 | Daniel Schaeffer Kemp | text |
| Koch's acid | 8-amino-1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonic acid | 117-42-0 | Julius Arnold Koch | text |
| Kohler's ketone | mesityl-1,1-diphenylethyl ketone | 55800-31-2 | Elmer Peter Kohler | text |
| Koser's reagent | hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodobenzene | 124515-97-5 | Gerald Franklin Koser | text |
| Künig's salt | N-methyl-N-[5-(benzylamino)penta-2,4-dienylidene]aniline hydrochloride | 13984-07-1 | Walter Georg König | text |
| Ladenburg benzene | prismane | 650-42-0 | Albert Ladenburg | text |
| Laurent's acid | 5-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 84-89-9 | Augustin Laurent | text |
| Lauth's violet | thionine or 3,7-diaminophenothiazin-5-ium chloride | 581-64-6 | Charles Lauth | text |
| Lawesson's reagent | thionine or 3,7-diaminophenothiazin-5-ium chloride | 19172-47-5 90412-95-6 | Sven-Olov Lawesson | text |
| Lewisite | 2-chloroethenylarsonous dichloride | 541-25-3 | Winford Lee Lewis | text |
| Mander's reagent: NCCO2Me | ||||
| Martin Dehydrating reagent: Ph2S[OC(CF3)2Ph)2 | ||||
| Martius yellow | 2,4-dinitro1-naphthol | 605-69-6 | Carl Alexander Martius | text |
| Meerwein ester | 2,6-dihydroxybicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene-1,3,5,7-tetracarboxylic acid, tetramethyl ester | 6966-22-9 99308-99-3 | Hans Meerwein | text |
| Meerwein salt | 2,6-dihydroxybicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene-1,3,5,7-tetracarboxylic acid, tetramethyl ester | 6966-22-9 99308-99-3 | Hans Meerwein | text |
| Meldrum's acid | 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione | 2033-24-1 | Andrew Norman Meldrum | Meldrum's lactone |
| Meyer's reagent | ||||
| Michler's ketone | 4,4'-bis(N,N-dimethylamino)benzophenone | 90-94-8 | Wilhelm Traugott Michler | text |
| Michler's hydride | 4,4'-bis(N,N-dimethylamino)diphenylmethane | 101-77-9 | Wilhelm Traugott Michler | text |
| Midland's reagent | 9-(2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-yl)-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane | 64106-79-2 73624-47-2 76695-88-0 100347-98-6 | Michael Mark Midland | text |
| Mohr's salt | ferrous ammonium sulphate | 7782-63-0 7783-20-2 | Carl Friedrich Mohr | text |
| Moore's ketene | t-butylcyanoketene | 29342-22-1 | Harold Wesley Moore | text |
| Mosher's acid | t-butylcyanoketene | 17257-71-5
20445-31-2 56135-03-6 81655-41-6 |
Harry Stone Mosher | text |
| Mosher's acid chloride | t-butylcyanoketene | 20445-33-4
39637-99-5 40793-68-8 64312-89-6 |
Harry Stone Mosher | text |
| Mukaiyama's reagent | 2-chloro-1-methylpyridinium iodide | 14338-32-0 | Teruaki Mukaiyama | text |
| Nazarov's reagent | methyl 5-methoxy-3-oxopent-4-enoate | 37734-05-7 | Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov | text |
| Nevile and Winther's acid | 4-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 84-87-1 | R.H.C. Nevile and A. Winther | text |
| Nugent reagent | ||||
| Olah's reagent | pyridinium poly(hydrogen fluoride) | 84-87-1 | George Andrew Olah | text |
| Olofson reagent | ||||
| Oppolzer's auxiliary | 2,10-camphorsultam | 94594-90-8 108448-77-7 | Wolfgang Oppolzer | text |
| Payne's reagent | peroxybenzimidic acid | 94594-90-8 108448-77-7 | George Bernson Payne | text |
| Peyrone's salt | cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum | 15663-27-1 | Michel Peyrone | text |
| Piloty's acid | benzenesulfohydroxamic acid | 599-71-3 | Oskar Piloty | text |
| Piria's acid | 4-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 84-86-6 | Raffaele Piria | text |
| Rawal's diene | ||||
| Reichardt's dye | 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium) phenoxide | 10081-39-7 | Christian Reichardt | text |
| Reinecke's salt | 4-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 13573-16-5 | Albert Reinecke | text |
| Rochelle salt | sodium potassium tartrate tetrahydrate | 147-79-5 304-59-6 15490-42-3 6381-59-5 | La Rochelle, France | text |
| Rozen Hypofluorite reagents: AcOF, MeOF, HOF/MeCN | ||||
| Sanger's reagent | 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene | 70-34-8 | Frederick Sanger | text |
| Schaeffer's acids | 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid 6-hydroxy-2-naphthalenesufonic acid 6-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid (amino Schaeffer's acid) | 567-47-5 93-01-6 93-00-5 | Ernst Schaeffer | text |
| Schöllkopf's acid | 8-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 82-75-7 | Albert Reinecke | text |
| Schrock reagent | ||||
| Schwartz reagent chlorobis(cyclopentadienyl)hydrido zirconium Jeffrey Schwartz | ||||
| Schwesinger P-4 base | ||||
| Seyferth-Hilbert reagent | dimethyl diazomethylphosphonate | 25411-73-8 27491-70-9 28447-24-7 | Dietmar Seyferth and Peter Hilbert | text |
| Sheibley's reagent | 6,8-dichloro-1H-quinazoline-2,4-dione | 610-24-2 | Fred Easly Sheibley | text |
| Staab reagent | ||||
| Staudinger's ketene | diphenylketene | 525-06-4 | Hermann Staudinger | text |
| Stetter reagents | ||||
| Stiles' reagent | ||||
| Tobias' acid | 2-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 81-16-3 | Albert Reinecke | text |
| Oxy-Tobias' acid | 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid | 567-47-5 | Albert Reinecke | Stebin's acid |
| Troger’s base | (5R,11R)-2,8-dimethyl-6H-12H-5,11-methanodibenzo[b,f](1,5)diazocine | 529-81-7 14645-24-0 21451-74-1 72151-03-2 | Carl Julius Ludwig Tröger | text |
| Trost ligand | 2-diphenylphosphanyl-N-[(1R,2R)-2-[(2-diphenylphosphanylbenzoyl)amino]cyclohexyl]benzamide | Barry Trost | text | |
| Varvoglis hypervalent iodine reagents: PhI(OCOCF3)2, PhI(OAc)2 (IBDA), | ||||
| Viehe's salt | dichloromethylenedimethyl ammonium chloride | 33842-02-3 | Heinz Gunter Viehe | text |
| Vilsmeier reagent | (chloromethylene)dimethylammonium chloride, or DMF/POCl3, or DMF/oxalylchloride | 3724-43-4 | Anton Vilsmeier | text |
| Wieland–Miescher ketone | (chloromethylene)dimethylammonium chloride, or DMF/POCl3, or DMF/oxalylchloride | 20000-72-1 20007-99-2 33878-99-8 100348-93-4 | Karl Miescher and Peter Wieland | text |
| Williams glycinate | (5S,6R)-4-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl)-5,6-diphenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-1,4-oxazin-2-one | 112741-49-8 112741-50-1 | Robert M. Williams | text |
| Willstatter imine | (1,4)-benzoquinon-[4-(4-aminoanilino)-phenylimine]-phenylimine | 108673-54-7 | Karl Miescher and Peter Wieland | text |
| Woodward's reagent | N-ethyl-5-phenylisoxazolium-3'-sulfonate | 4156-16-5 | Robert Burns Woodward | text |
| Woollins' reagent | N-ethyl-5-phenylisoxazolium-3'-sulfonate | 4156-16-5 | John Derek Woollins | text |
| Wurster's reagent | 1,4-bis(dimethylamino)benzene | 100-22-1 | Casimir Wurster | text |
| Yamada's reagent, DEPC, diethyl phosphoryl cyanide |