title: Italian chemists' contributions to named reactions in organic synthesis: an historical perspective.
abstract: From the second half of the 19th century up to modern times, the tremendous contribution of Italian chemists to the development of science resulted in the discovery of a number of innovative chemical transformations. These reactions were subsequently christened according to their inventors' name and so entered into the organic chemistry portfolio of "named organic reactions". As these discoveries were being conceived, massive social, political and geographical changes in these chemists' homeland were also occurring. In this review, a brief survey of known (and some lesser known) named organic reactions discovered by Italian chemists, along with their historical contextualization, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Nerviano Medical Sciences srl, Business Unit Oncology, Viale Pasteur 10, Nerviano 20014, MI, Italy. gianluca.papeo@nervianoms.com
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papeo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pulici
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000266:history*; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D055668:Photochemical Processes