Lecture 19 objectives and skills
- Utilize strategies (identify changes, brainstorm, retrosynthesis) to approach multi-step synthesis problems.
- Keep in mind possible complications with multiple reactive sites, regiochemistry/stereochemistry requirements, and solvent effects.
- Combine all known reactions to solve synthesis problems.
Skills
- Critical assessment using abstract concepts
- Breaking down large problems
- Thinking backwards and non-linearly
- Comparisons of multiple variables
- Utilizing knowledge libraries
