Common organic reagents template

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Oxidants, reductants, bases, coupling and protecting-group reagents: mCPBA, NBS, DCC, Boc₂O, DMAP, DBU...

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Structures behind the abbreviations, grouped by what they do
Oxidants and halogenating agents
allylic bromination
Dess–Martin
DMP · alcohol → C=O
Oxalyl chloride
Swern, acid chlorides
Bases and nucleophilic catalysts
Hünig base
acylation catalyst
amidine base
Coupling and activation
amide / ester coupling
water-soluble carbodiimide
coupling additive
carbonyl transfer
PPh₃ · Wittig, Mitsunobu
Protecting-group reagents
Boc on amines
silyl ethers
Benzyl bromide
BnBr · benzyl ethers
Acetic anhydride

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