List of inorganic compounds named after people

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


 * Adams' catalyst (proposed to be PtOx)
 * 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)2BArF4)
 * Buckminsterfullerene (C60)
 * Burow's solution (Al(CH3CO2)3(aq))
 * 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/KOtBu)
 * 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)
 * Spirit of Mindererus (NH4CH3CO2(aq))
 * 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])