[weekyear]

There are about 300 important Name reactions.

My boss asked me to remember all of them.

I'm just wondering how to do that?

[CopperSmurf]

  Sorry to hear you having to remember so many of them so soon. I suggest trying flash cards, and write a reaction with its name on it per card. Also, try to categorize them by similar reactions, it might help, but there's simply no easy way to remember them all.

[jereeve]

True. Flashcards are the only way. But lets be honest, you never truly know a reaction until you have done it.

[alphahydroxy]

Are you sure your boss was being serious...?!

Attempting to remember them all seems like an epic waste of time to me...

The thing about reaction mechanisms is that there are only a few pathways really, just applied in different ways.

If you're set on doing it though, just google "named reactions" and have a look through all the lists you get. An excellent book on the subject is :

"Strategic applications of named reactions in organic synthesis"

[macman104]

I'll agree with the above comment.  Remembering 300 name reactions is a) pointless and b) difficult to do.

There are a few pathways you can apply to many reactions, and most of those 300 aren't used routinely anyway.