20.2 Synthetic routes
Essential Idea:
Organic synthesis is the systematic preparation of a compound from a widely available starting material or the synthesis of a compound via a synthetic route that often can involve a series of different steps.
Understandings:
- The synthesis of an organic compound stems from a readily available starting material via a series of discrete steps. Functional group interconversions are the basis of such synthetic routes.
- Retro-synthesis of organic compounds.
Applications and Skills:
- Deduction of multi-step synthetic routes given starting reagents and the product(s).