3.14 Organic synthesis

• The synthesis of an organic compound can involve several steps.
• Explain why chemists aim to design processes that do not require a solvent and that use nonhazardous starting materials

  • Solvents are flammable and toxic and increase waste
• Explain why chemists aim to design production methods with fewer steps that have a high percentage atom economy

  • Synthetic processes with less steps have less waste and more efficient
  • Reactions with high percentage yield and high atom economy are preferred