Organic reactions — summary sheet

Every reaction at a glance, grouped by type and drawn out (starting material → reagents → product). Tap any name for the full arrow‑pushing mechanism. Made to print as a study chart.

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Addition to C=C / C≡C

25 reactions

Something adds across a π bond — Markovnikov or anti‑Markovnikov, syn or anti.

Elimination

6 reactions

Lose two groups to make a π bond (E1 via carbocation, E2 concerted, Zaitsev vs Hofmann).

Substitution

45 reactions

One group replaces another — Sₙ1/Sₙ2 at carbon, acyl substitution, and more.

Radical

6 reactions

Single‑electron chains: initiation, propagation, termination.

Oxidation

21 reactions

Gain C–O/C–X bonds or raise oxidation state (alcohols → carbonyls → acids).

Reduction

27 reactions

Add H or remove O — hydride reagents, dissolving metal, catalytic H₂.

Carbonyl & enolate

36 reactions

Nucleophiles add to (or α to) the C=O — addition, acyl substitution, enolate chemistry.

Organometallic

19 reactions

C–metal reagents forge C–C bonds: Grignard, organolithium, cuprate, Pd coupling.

Aromatic

8 reactions

Reactions of the benzene ring — electrophilic (EAS) and nucleophilic (SNAr) substitution.

Pericyclic

7 reactions

Concerted, cyclic‑transition‑state reactions (Diels–Alder, sigmatropic shifts).