# Organic Synthesis

- By: Kevin Shea
- Publisher: Smith College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Smith_College/CHM_321%3A_Organic_Synthesis_(Shea))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Smith_College/CHM_321%3A_Organic_Synthesis_(Shea)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/chem-450952/pdf

My goal in writing this text is to help advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students learn key topics in organic chemistry that often don't come up in your Organic I and II classes. So, you can think about this as an Organic III text. My 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. I