- Commonly employed reactions
- Alkylation (e.g. Grignard / Eschweiler Clarke…)
- Acylation (Friedel – Craft / Others)
- Aldolisation
- Chlorosulphonation
- Hydrogenation (e.g. Catalytic / High pressure)
- Halogenations (Br / Cl / F / I introduction)
- Esterification
- Cyclocondensation
- Nitration
- Nitrosation
- Sandmeyer
- Ullmann (etherifications / couplings)
- Sulphonation
- Oxidation (e.g. Oppenauer / Peroxide / Periodate / Permanganase)
- Reduction (borohydrides / hydrazine / metal hydride)
