The document discusses two significant organic reactions: the Fries rearrangement and the Barton reaction. The Fries rearrangement transforms phenolic esters into hydroxyl aryl ketones under Lewis acid catalysis and can be influenced by reaction conditions, while the Barton reaction involves photolysis of alkyl nitrites to produce δ-nitroso alcohols through a free radical mechanism. Both reactions allow for selective introduction of functional groups into complex molecules.