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How can I write synthesis reactions in organic chemistry?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Organic chemistry may cover many concepts and topics, but it’s all about the reactions and mechanisms.

It’s not so scary at first, think about the simple acid/base deprotonation, an alkene reaction here, another there. Before you know it, you’re drowning in dozens upon dozens of reactions!

You’re asked to ‘memorize’ each one, to know what every reactant and reagent will do.

And once you have it all down, don’t forget the dozen or so exceptions to the rule.

Groan!

And once you have all THAT down, let’s put them all together: when you’re given molecule A and asked to come up with all 20 steps to produce product Z!

Organic Chemistry synthesis can be scary with dozens of reactions A to produce Z

Ok, perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit…but really, just a tiny bit!

The average Organic Chemistry 1 or 2 exam synthesis question will range from two to five steps with intermediates.

How do you keep everything you learned straight?

And more importantly, how do you sift through the hundreds of data points in your head to produce the exact steps required to achieve the desired outcome?

As a kid, I was proud to call myself a nerd. Perhaps with a bit of OCD.

I always looked for trends and found patterns where they didn’t exist. Perhaps that’s why I enjoy Orgo so much.

The SECRET to synthesis is simple:

A) Look for patterns, as we’ll explain below.

B) when you get stuck, remember there’s likely more than one way to reach your desired product.

Coming up with a proper synthesis requires a combination of forward and reverse thinking!

We’ll cover the reverse thinking in the Retrosynthesis tutorial.

For this tutorial, we’ll focus on the shorter and simpler synthesis.

Explanation:

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