Well-known types of reactions that involve inorganic compounds include:
Alkylation Alkyne trimerisation Alkyne metathesis Aminolysis Amination Arylation Barbier reaction Beta-hydride elimination Birch reduction Bönnemann cyclization Bromination Buchwald–Hartwig coupling Cadiot–Chodkiewicz coupling Calcination Carbometalation Carbothermal reduction Carbonation Carbonylation Castro–Stephens coupling Clemmensen reduction Chain walking Chan–Lam coupling Chlorination Comproportionation C–C coupling C–H activation Cyanation Cyclometalation Decarbonylation Decarboxylation Dehydration Dehalogenation Dehydrogenation Dehydrohalogenation Deprotonation Desilylation Dimerisation Disproportionation Dötz reaction Eder reaction Electromerism Electron transfer (inner sphere and outer sphere) Étard reaction Fenton oxidation Fischer–Tropsch process Fluorination Formylation Fowler process Fukuyama coupling Glaser coupling Gomberg–Bachmann reaction Haber–Weiss reaction Halcon process Halogenation Hay coupling Heck reaction Heck–Matsuda reaction Hiyama coupling Hofmann-Sand reaction Homolysis Huisgen cycloaddition Hydride reduction Hydroamination Hydration Hydroboration Hydrocarboxylation Hydrocyanation Hydrodesulfurization Hydroformylation Hydrogenation Hydrohalogenation Hydrolysis Hydrometalation Hydrosilylation Iodination Isomerisation Jones oxidation Kulinkovich reaction Kumada coupling Lemieux–Johnson oxidation Ley oxidation Linkage isomerization Luche reduction McMurry reaction Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction Mercuration Methylation Migratory insertion Negishi coupling Nicholas reaction Nitrosylation Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation Olefin polymerization Oppenauer oxidation Oxidation Oxidative addition Oxygenation Oxymercuration reaction Pauson–Khand reaction Photodissociation Pseudorotation Protonation Protonolysis Proton-coupled electron transfer Racemization Redox reactions (see list of oxidants and reductants) Reduction Reductive elimination Reppe synthesis Riley oxidation Salt metathesis Sarett oxidation Sharpless epoxidation Shell higher olefin process Silylation Simmons–Smith reaction Sonogashira coupling Staudinger reaction Stille reaction Sulfidation Suzuki reaction Transmetalation Ullmann reaction Upjohn dihydroxylation Wacker process Water gas shift reaction Water oxidation Wurtz coupling Ziegler-Natta polymerization
See also List of organic reactions Named inorganic compounds List of inorganic compounds Inorganic compounds by element