List of inorganic compounds named after people information
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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]
Well-known inorganic and organometallic compounds and reagents that are namedafter individuals include: Adams' catalyst (proposed to be PtOx) Adamsite...
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as IUPAC inorganic or IUPAC organic nomenclature. A trivial name is not a formal name and is usually a common name. Generally, trivial names are not useful...
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an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula NH4Cl, also written as [NH4]Cl. It is an ammonium salt of hydrogen chloride. It consists of ammonium...
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18% in the manufacture ofinorganic chlorine compounds. About 15,000 chlorine compounds are used commercially. The remaining 19% of chlorine produced is...
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origin of life by demonstrating that a wide range of vital organic compounds can be synthesized by fairly simple chemical processes from inorganic substances...