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exchemist Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, mcstroom said: It's illustrating what can be made from what. A common game to test organic chemistry knowledge is to ask the student to show a route for synthesising a given compound, using only alkanes or something very simple as the starting point. We got very good at that in my first year at university. I still have a copy of R O C Norman's "Principles of Organic Synthesis" on my shelf. One learns a "vocabulary" of synthetic reactions, which can then be deployed to construct a wide range of molecules. This scheme shows you a range of steps that interconvert various types of organic functionality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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