ReactionFlash is an application that helps users learn and understand name reactions by providing over 1,000 name reactions, their mechanisms, and examples published in peer-reviewed literature.

Software Description

Want to refresh your memory about named chemical reactions before an exam or group meeting? 

Get all the details with ReactionFlash(R), a great way to learn named reactions, understand their mechanisms, and see examples published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Key Features

Learn named reactions

Explore examples published in peer-reviewed literature

Review and understand mechanisms

Take the ReactionFlash quiz to see how much you know

Software Highlights

Each card shows the reaction, mechanism and example from peer-reviewed published literature.

The app is designed like a set of flash cards so it can be used as a learning tool as well as a reference.

From the most famous to the ones only Nobel Prize winners can remember!

It also has a quiz mode that lets you test your knowledge.

Instructions for use

The app was designed and developed in collaboration with Dr. Erick M. Carreira of ETH Zurich and covers over 100 named chemical reactions. Professor Carreira helped ensure we have all the basic reactions that should be part of every chemist's toolbox: from the most famous to the ones only Nobel Prize winners can remember!

By linking to Reaxys you can find the latest examples of each reaction, many of which come with experimental details. Reaxys provides experimental facts from the literature, allowing researchers to find the best synthetic routes and conditions.

The app is designed like a set of flash cards so it can be used as a learning tool as well as a reference. Each "card" shows the reaction, the reaction mechanism, and an example from the peer-reviewed published literature. It also has a quiz mode that allows you to test your knowledge.