Challenging reagents
- Hydrazine hydrate
- Complex hydrides (NaBH4)
- Cyanides
- Potassium fluoride (KF)
- Metals (Na, Li, Mg, Zn)
- Br2, Cl2, SOCl2, (COCl)2, PCl3, POCl3,
- Triphosgene
- Sulfur based (CS 2, dimethylsulfate, mercaptans, thiochloroformates)
- Lithium alkyls (BuLi)
- Butyl nitrite
- Sodium Methoxide
- Lithium Amide
- Nitrooxadiazamines, azides
- Amines (Pyridine, TEA)
- Methane sulfonic acids
- Hydrogen peroxide
Basic technologies
- Organometallic chemistry
- Heterocyclic chemistry
- Chlorination
- Halex Exchange Fluorination
- Bromination / Iodination
- Alkylation and Acylations
- Friedel-Crafts reactions
- Oxidation
- Reduction
- Nitration
- Hydrogenations
- Thermal rearrangements
- C-C bond formations: Aldol, Michael, Wittig
- Strecker reaction
Cutting edge technologies
- Cross-coupling technologies (Heck, Suzuki, etc.)
- Buchwald CN coupling
- Asymmetric synthesis
- Asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation
- Grignard reactions
