Back to Discover
⚛️

Retrosynthetic analysis

physical science Maturity 9-11

Scientists can work backward.

Retrosynthetic analysis of phenylacetic acid.svg
Retrosynthetic analysis of phenylacetic acid.svg
They start with a big thing. Then they break it into small parts. They do this to make a plan. This helps them build new things. Can you think of a plan?
Synthon-example.gif
Synthon-example.gif

42 words
🖼️ Images & Media (3)
File:Synthon-example.gif
Synthon-example.gif
File:Retrosynthetic analysis of phenylacetic acid.svg
Retrosynthetic analysis of phenylacetic acid.svg
File:Synthesis of phenylacetic acid english.svg
Synthesis of phenylacetic acid english.svg
Up Next
⚛️
Divergent synthesis
Physical Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Divergent synthesis 0% Organic synthesis 0% Convergent synthesis 0% One-pot synthesis 0% Rotamer 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Total synthesis Organic synthesis One-pot synthesis

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Divergent synthesis Convergent synthesis Rotamer Rate-determining step
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 14.8 | Vital Level 5