Multi-Step Synthesis 1: An Introduction
Channel: Oxford College Chemistry Courses: Scharf
Date: 08/06/2023

Now that we've introduced a sufficient number of functional group transformations, we illustrate how multiple reactions can be performed in sequence to cause chemical transformations for which we don't have a single-step reaction. We describe the "protecting group" strategy (e.g. protecting a ketone as an acetal during an ester reduction with LiAlH4), and suggest a "reaction web" approach to organizing organic transformations.