List of inorganic compounds named after people

Well-known inorganic and organometallic compounds and reagents that are named after individuals include:

Adams's catalyst (proposed to be PtO_x)
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)₂BAr^F₄)
Buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀)
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/KO^tBu)
Schrock carbene (class of compounds related to [((CH₃)₃CCH₂)₃Ta=CHC(CH₃)₃]
Schrock catalyst
Schrock-Osborn catalyst (CODRh(PPh₃)₂⁺)
Schultze 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)
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])

List of inorganic compounds named after people

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