List of named inorganic compounds

Well-known inorganic and organometallic compounds and reagents that are named after individuals include

• Adams' catalyst (proposed to be PtO_x)
• Adamsite (NH(C₆H₄)₂AsCl)
• Adkins catalyst (Cu₂Cr₂O₅)
• Attenburrow's Oxide (MnO₂)
• Arduengo carbene (class of compounds)
• Baeyer's reagent (KMnO₄(aq))
• Benedict's reagent
• Bertrand carbene (class of compounds)
• Brookhart's acid (H(OEt₂)₂BArF)
• Buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀)
• Calderon catalyst (WCl₆/EtAlCl₂/EtOH)
• Caro's acid (H₂SO₅)
• Collman's reagent (Na₂Fe(CO)₄)
• Collins reagent (CrO₃ / py / CH₂Cl₂)
• Condy's crystals (KMnO₄)
• Corey–Chaykovsky reagent (O=S(CH₂)Me₂)
• Cornforth reagent ([pyH]₂[Cr₂O₇])
• Crabtree's catalyst (Ir(COD)(py)(PCy₃)⁺)
• Creutz–Taube complex ([(NH₃)₁₀Ru₂(pyrazine)]⁵⁺)
• Etard's reagent (CrO₂Cl₂)
• Davy's reagent {(MeS)PS}₂S₂
• Deacon Catalyst (CuO/CuCl₂)
• Dimroth's reagent (B(OAc)₂)₂O
• Fehling's solution ([Cu(C₄H₄O₆)₂]⁴⁻)
• Fenton's reagent (Fe²⁺ / H₂O₂)
• Fetizon's reagent (Ag₂CO₃ / celite)
• Fischer carbene (class of compounds related to Cr(CO)₅CCH₃OCH₃)
• Folin–Ciocalteu reagent (H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ / H₃PW₁₂O₄₀)
• Furukawa's cyclopropanation reagent (ZnEt₂ / CH₂I₂)
• Frémy's salt (Na₂NO(SO₃)₂)
• Gilman reagents (R₂CuLi, class of compounds)
• Glauber's salt (Na₂SO₄·10H₂O)
• Gmelin's salt (K₃Fe(CN)₆)
• Gingras reagent (Ph₃SnF₂.NⁿBu₄)
• Grignard reagents (RMgX, class of compounds)
• Grubbs' catalyst (RuCl₂(PCy₃)₂(CHPh))
• Grubbs–Hoveyda catalyst (RuCl₂(PCy₃)(CH(C₆H₄)OiPr))
• Hauser base (R₂NMgBr)
• Jacobsen's catalyst (derivative of Mn(salen)Cl)
• Jones reagent (CrO₃ / H₂SO₄(aq) / Me₂CO)
• Jordan's cation ((Cp)₂Zr(Me)(THF)⁺)
• Kagan's reagent (SmI₂)
• Karstedt's catalyst (Pt₂{(CH₂=CH₂Si(Me)₂)₂O}₃)
• Kauffmann's reagent ({O=M(THF)₂Cl(mu-CH₂)}₂ M = Mo, W)
• Keinan reagent (SiH₂I₂)
• Kläui ligand {(C₅H₅)Co[(CH₃O)₂PO]₃}⁻
• Knölker complex (Fe(CO)₂H(hydroxycyclopentadienyl))
• Knowles' catalyst ([Rh-DIPAMP-COD]BF₄)
• Kobayashi's anion (B[3,5-(CF₃)₂C₆H₃]₄⁻)
• Koser reagent
• Lawesson's reagent ([CH₃OC₆H₄PS₂]₂)
• Lazier catalyst (Cu₂Cr₂O₅)
• Lemieux-Johnson reagent (NaIO₄ / OsO₄)
• Lewisite (ClCH=CHAsCl₂)
• Ley-Griffith reagent (RuO₄.N(C₃H₇)₄)
• Lindlar catalyst (Pd / CaCO₃ / PbO)
• Lombardo reagent (CH₂Br₂ / TiCl₄ / Zn)
• Lucas' reagent (ZnCl₂ / HCl(aq))
• Luche reagent (NaBH₄ / CeCl₃)
• Magnus' green salt (Pt₂(NH₃)₄Cl₄)
• Marignac’s salt (K₂Ta₂O₃F₆)
• Meerwein's reagent [(CH₃CH₂)₃O]BF₄
• Meisenheimer complex
• Millon's Base (Hg₂N)OH(H₂O)_x
• Millon's reagent (Hg/HNO₃(aq))
• Milstein catalyst (Ru[NNP](H)(CO) | [NNP] = amino vinylpyridyl phosphine)
• Mohr's salt (NH₄)₂Fe(SO₄)₂·6H₂O
• Muetterties complexes ((allyl)ML₃ L = phosphine)
• Negishi reagent (Cp₂ZrBu₂)
• Neßler's reagent (K₂HgI₄)
• Normant reagents (RMgX + CuX)
• Noyori catalyst (Ru(NEt₃)₂(S,S-BINAP))
• Nugent's reagent (TiCp₂Cl)
• Nysted reagent (ZnCH₂(ZnBr)₂.THF)
• Pearlman's catalyst (proposed to be Pd(OH)₂/C)
• Periana catalyst (Pt(bipyrimidine)Cl₂)
• Petasis reagent (Cp₂TiMe₂)
• Peyrone's salt (cis-PtCl₂(NH₃)₂)
• Piers' borane (HB(C₆F₅)₂)
• Piers' catalyst (RuCl₂(PCy₃)CHPCy₃.BF₄)
• Prevost's reagent (Ag(OBz) / I₂)
• Raney nickel (hydrogen dissolved in high surface area nickel)
• Reinecke's salt (NH₄[Cr(NCS)₄(NH₃)₂].H₂O)
• Rice's Bromine Solution (Br₂ / NaBr_(aq))
• Rieke metals (class of materials)
• Rochelle salt (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O)
• Rosenthal complex (Cp₂Zr(SiMe₃CCSiMe₃)(py))
• Roussin's black salt (KFe₄S₃(NO)₇)
• Roussin's red salt (K₂Fe₂S₂(NO)₄)
• Scheele's green (CuHAsO₃)
• Schlosser's base (ⁿBuLi/KO^tBu)
• Schrock carbene (class of compounds related to [(CH₃)₃CCH₂)₃TaCHC(CH₃)₃)
• Schrock catalyst
• Schrock-Osborn catalyst (CODRh(PPh₃)₂⁺)
• Schultze reagent (KClO₃ / HNO₃)
• Schweinfurter Green (Cu(OAc)₂·3Cu(AsO₂)₂)
• Schwartz's reagent (Cp₂Zr(H)Cl)
• Schweizer's reagent ([Cu(NH₃)₄(H₂O)₂](OH)₂)
• Schwessinger base (P(NP(NMe₂)₃)₃(NtBu))
• Scott-Wilson Reagent (Hg(CN)₂/AgNO₃/KOH)
• Seignette's salt (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O)
• Seyferth reagent (PhHgCCl₃)
• Shilov catalyst (PtCl₂ / H₂PtCl₆)
• Sharpless reagent (Ti(OⁱPr)4 / diethyl tartrate / ^tBuOOH)
• Shvo catalyst ((C₅Ph₄O)₂HRu₂H(CO)₄)
• Simmons–Smith reagent (ICH₂ZnI)
• Sonnenschein's Reagent (H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀)
• Speier's catalyst (H₂PtCl₆)
• Stiles' reagent (Mg(OCO₂Me)₂)
• Stryker's reagent (Cu₆H₆(PPh₃)₆)
• Swart's reagent (SbF₃)
• Tebbe's reagent (Cp₂TiCl(CH₂)AlMe₂)
• Tollens' reagent ([Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺)
• Trinder reagent (10% FeCl₃(aq))
• Turnbull's blue (Fe₇(CN)₁₈⋅14H₂O)
• Udenfriend reagent
• Ugi's amine (Fe(Cp)(Cp-CH(Me)(NMe₂))
• Vaska's complex (trans-IrCl(CO)[PPh₃]₂)
• Vedejs' reagent (Mo(O)(O₂)₂(py)(OP(NMe₂)₃))
• Wagner's Reagent (I₂ / KI / H₂O)
• Wanzlick carbene (class of compounds)
• Well's salt (CsAuCl₃)
• White catalyst ((PhS(O)CH₂CH₂S(O)Ph).Pd(OAc)₂)
• Wij's Solution (ICl / acetic acid)
• Wilkinson's catalyst (RhCl(PPh₃)₃)
• Wolfram's Red Salt [Pt(C₂H₅NH₂)₄][Pt(C₂H₅NH₂)₄Cl₂]Cl₄·4H₂O
• Woollins' reagent ((PhP(Se)Se)₂)
• Zeise's salt (K[PtCl₃(C₂H₄)]·H₂O)
• Zerewitinoff Reagent (MeMgI / ⁿBu₂O)
• Zhan catalyst (RuCl₂(PCy₃)(CH(2-SO₂NMe₂-C₆H₃)OiPr))
• Ziegler–Natta catalyst

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See also

• List of inorganic reactions
• List of inorganic compounds
• List of organic reactions
• List of organic compounds
• List of alloys
• 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