Synthesis is at the core of organic chemistry. In order for compounds to be studied be it as drugs, materials, or because of their physical properties they have to be prepared, often in multistep synthetic sequences. Thus, the target compound is at the outset of synthesis planning. Synthesis involves creating the target compound from smaller, readily available building blocks. Immediately, questions arise: From which bui- ing blocks? In which sequence? By which reactions? Nature creates many highly complex natural products via reaction cascades, in which an asso- ment of starting compounds...
Synthesis is at the core of organic chemistry. In order for compounds to be studied be it as drugs, materials, or because of their physical properties...
