5 questions
Which of the following statements best describe retrosynthesis?
A strategy used to design a synthesis of a target molecule by working back from the target to the original starting material
The two conditions required to convert the product of a reaction back to the original starting material
The design of a synthetic scheme using cheap, traditional reagent rather than expensive modern reagents
The design of a reaction condition such that an equilibrium reaction is pushed towards the product rather then starting materials
Which of the statements best describe a synthon?
A synthetic reagent used in a reaction
A key intermediate in a reaction sequence
A transition state involved in a reaction mechanism
A hypothetical structure that would result in a given reaction if it existed
An electron is
positively charged
negatively charged
neutral
atomic number is
the number of protons
the number of electrons
the number of neutrons
the location of an atom on the periodic table