Well-known inorganic and organometallic compounds and reagents that are named after individuals include:
Adams' catalyst (proposed to be PtOx) Adamsite (NH(C6H4)2AsCl) Adkins catalyst (Cu2Cr2O5) Attenburrow's Oxide (MnO2) Arduengo carbene (class of compounds) Baeyer's reagent (KMnO4(aq)) Benedict's reagent Bobbitt's salt (4-(Acetylamino)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-oxo-piperidinium tetrafluoroborate) Bertrand carbene (class of compounds) Brookhart's acid (H(OEt2)2BArF4) Buckminsterfullerene (C60) Burow's solution (Al(CH3CO2)3(aq)) Calderon catalyst (WCl6/EtAlCl2/EtOH) Caro's acid (H2SO5) Chevreul's salt (Cu3(SO3)2 • 2 H2O) Chugaev's red salt ([Pt(C(NHMe)2N2H2](CNMe)2]Cl2) Chugaev's salt ([Pt(NH3)5Cl]Cl3) Cleve's triammine ([Pt(NH3)3Cl]Cl) 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 Durrant's Salt (K2[Co2(oxalate)4(OH)2]3H2O] Fehling's solution ([Cu(C4H4O6)2]4−) Fenton's reagent (Fe2+ / H2O2) Fetizon's reagent (Ag2CO3 / celite) Fischer carbene (class of compounds related to [(CO)5Cr=C(CH3)OCH3] 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)) Hauser base (R2NMgBr) Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst (RuCl2(PCy3)(CH(C6H4)OiPr)) 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's reagent (PhI(OTs)OH) Lawesson's reagent ([CH3OC6H4PS2]2) Lazier catalyst (Cu2Cr2O5) Lemieux-Johnson reagent (NaIO4 / OsO4) Lewisite (ClCH=CHAsCl2) Ley-Griffith reagent (RuO4N(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) Magnus' pink salt (polymorph of Magnus' green salt) 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)) Mohr's salt (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6H2O Negishi reagent (Cp2ZrBu2) Nessler's reagent (K2HgI4) Normant reagents (RMgX + CuX) Nugent's reagent (TiCp2Cl) Nysted reagent (ZnCH2(ZnBr)2.THF) Pearlman's catalyst (proposed to be Pd(OH)2/C) Péligot's salt (KCrO3Cl) Periana catalyst (Pt(2,2'-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) Reiset's second chloride (trans-PtCl2(NH3)2, his first salt is Peyrone's salt) Rice's Bromine Solution (Br2 / NaBr(aq)) Rieke metals (class of materials) Rochelle salt (KNaC4H4O6·4H2O) Roussin's black salt (KFe4S3(NO)7) Roussin's red salt (K2Fe2S2(NO)4) Scheele's green (CuHAsO3) Schlosser's base (nBuLi/KOtBu) Schrock carbene (class of compounds related to [((CH3)3CCH2)3Ta=CHC(CH3)3] Schrock catalyst Schrock-Osborn catalyst (CODRh(PPh3)2+) Schultze's 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) Spirit of Mindererus (NH4CH3CO2(aq)) 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)(C5H4CH(Me)(NMe2)) Vauquelin's Salt (Pd analogue of Magnus' green salt, Pd2(NH3)4Cl4) 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) Wolffram'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 ZoBell's solution (KCl/K4[Fe(CN)6]/K3[Fe(CN)6])
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
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