# Organic Synthesis

- By: Kevin Shea
- Publisher: Smith College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Organic_Synthesis_(Shea))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Organic_Synthesis_(Shea)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/chem-354334/pdf

This text is designed to build on traditional Organic Chemistry I and II courses for an Advanced Organic Chemistry class. The focus is on key reaction types that enable the construction of complex organic molecules: pericyclic reactions, transition metal catalyzed reactions, rearrangements, fragmentations, radical reactions, and carbene reactions. It explores these reactions through both mechanism and synthesis problems with many examples from the current literature.