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Jie Jack Li Before joining ChemPartner as Vice President of Discovery Chemistry, Dr. Jie Jack Li practiced medicinal chemistry for over twenty years at Pfizer, BMS, and Revolution Medicines, respectively, with a four-year sojourn at the University of San Francisco as an Associate Professor, teaching medicinal and organic chemistry. He has published thirty books in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and history of drug discovery. Chief among them are Drug Discovery: Practices, Processes, and Perspectives and Name Reactions, now in the sixth edition.

• From the Contents: Alder ene reaction.- Baran Reagents.- Bargellini Reaction.- Barton–Zard reaction.- Beirut reaction.- Boyland–Sims oxidation.- Cattallani Reaction.- Danheiser annulation.- Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction.- Larock Indole Synthesis.- Li A3 Reaction.- McMillan Catalyst.- Meth-Cohn Quinoline Synthesis.- Sanford Reaction.- Shi-White Reagent.- Stevens Rearrangement.- Stork–Danheiser alkylation.- Weinreb Amide.- Yu C-H Activation.- Zaitsev Elimination.- Zinin Benzidine Rearrangement (Semidine Rearrangement).