Barton reaction

The Barton reaction refers to one of several organic-chemical reactions named after Sir Derek Barton. It may be:

• the Barton nitrite ester reaction, forming a remote oxime from an alcohol
• the Barton–McCombie deoxygenation, defunctionalizing an alcohol
• the related Barton decarboxylation, converting a carboxylic acid or ester to the homologous alkane
• the Barton–Kellogg reaction, combining a diazo compound and a thioketone into an episulfide