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CML 100 Lectures 10-11 PDF
CML 100 Lectures 10-11 PDF
CML 100 Lectures 10-11 PDF
Retrosynthesis
Synthetic planning starts with the product, which is fixed and
unchangeable, and works backwards towards the starting materials. This
process is called retrosynthesis, and the art of planning the synthesis of a
target molecule is called retrosynthetic analysis.
Synthetic
Synthon Derived reagent equivalent
Retrosynthetic anaylsis A
Synthesis A
Retrosynthetic anaylsis B
Synthesis B
One Functional Group Analysis
Synthesis (path a)
Two Functional Groups in a 1,3-Relationship
Analysis
Synthesis (path a)
Presence of a -hydroxy
ketone moiety in the TM
suggest a retroaldol transform.
Analysis
Synthesis (path b)
Two Functional Groups in a 1,4-Relationship
Analysis
2,5-hexanedione
Synthesis
5-hydroxy-2-hexanone
Synthesis