Talk:Organic synthesis

precursors is not really simple. - link
adequate - would be good to find a simpler word. -"used"
intermediates isn't really simple. - link
temperature and solvent could be linked. - done
Optimization is where one or two starting compounds are tested in the reaction under a wide variety of conditions of temperature, solvent, reaction time, etc., until the optimum conditions for product yield and purity are found. is quite long. - done
showcase is not simple. - done
In the latter half of the twentieth century, chemists began to develop methods of asymmetric catalysis and kinetic resolution so reactions could be directed to produce only one enantiomer rather than a racemic mixture. is quite long. - done
Using techniques pioneered by Robert Burns Woodward and new developments in synthetic methodology, chemists became more able to take simple molecules through to more complex molecules without unwanted racemisation. is fairly long. - done