Synthetic Sequences Practice
One of the crucial aspects of getting better in organic chemistry and tackling the synthesis questions (which is the ultimate goal of an organic chemistry course) is the ability to follow a multi-step synthetic pathway. This is precisely what this section focuses on.
Each subsection below has a set of questions that would be appropriate for students in a certain point in their course. I assume the following progression of topics in an average organic chemistry class:
- Substitution and Elimination Reactions
- Alkenes and Alkynes
- Dienes and Pericyclic Reactions (e.g. Diels-Alder and others)
- Aromatic Compounds
- Alcohols
- Ethers, Epoxides, Sulfides, etc.
- Aldehydes and Ketones
- Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
- Enols and Enolates
- Amines
Of course, each course is different and your specific curriculum might not fit the sequence I outlined above. So, to make it a little easier to know if each set is good for you or not, I’m also going to make a brief outline of what you’re expected to know to attempt the set.
Each set is named after a flower instead of being numbered. As I develop more of those, I’m going to add them to where they roughly belong in the list.