Summary

The formation of new organic compounds by multi-step syntheses using reactions included in the specification is covered in this section.

Specification

The synthesis of an organic compound can involve several steps.

Students should be able to:

• explain why chemists aim to design processes that do not require a solvent and that use non-hazardous starting materials

• explain why chemists aim to design production methods with fewer steps that have a high percentage atom economy

• use reactions in this specification to devise a synthesis, with up to four steps, for an organic compound.