A-Level Chemistry Specification

AQA 7405

Section 3.14: Organic synthesis

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#3.14.1

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.