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Examples of name reactions may be found by first considering the nature of the starting material and product. The Wittig reaction, for instance, is given in Section 199 (Alkenes from Aldehydes) and in Section 207 (Alkenes from Ketones). The aldol condensation may be found in the chapters on difunctional compounds in Section 324 (Alcohol, Thiol-Aldehyde) and in Section 330 (Alcohol, Thiol-Ketone). Examples of the synthetically important alkene metathesis reaction are provided primarily in Section 209 (Alkenes from Alkenes). 

How might we obtain enantiomerically pure compounds Historically, the best answer to that question has been to isolate them from natural sources. Hence the dependence on natural product isolation for the production of enantiomerically pure pharmaceuticals. Derivatization of natural products or their use as synthetic starting materials has long been a useful tool in the hands of the synthetic chemist, but it has now been raised to an art form by practitioners of the Chiron approach to total synthesis, wherein complex molecules are dissected into chiral fragments that may be obtained from natural products [17-25]. 

Another monoterpene used as a starting material for taxol analogues is camphor (43), which is readily available naturally or can be produced synthetically (201,202). Total synthesis of taxol analogues may be the answer toward finding new compounds for the treatment of many types of cancer. 

As an allergen for testing purposes, synthetic 3-pentadecylcatechol is more useful than natural poison ivy extracts (of which it is one component). A stable crystalline solid, it is efficiently prepared in pure form from readily available starting materials. Outline a reasonable synthesis of this compound from 2,3-dimethoxybenzaldehyde and any necessary organic or inorganic reagents. 

Synthetic constraints—such as difficulty, yield, management of starting materials, and intermediates—will naturally restrict the diversity of compounds that are made [7]. In silico designs with scaffolds that utilize similar synthetic steps will naturally be favored over those that are not. These pressures to make a small number of compounds with limited scaffold variability require computational methods to make exquisitely accurate predictions The... 

C-1 Glycals, a relevant type of unsaturated branched sugar, are currently used in synthetic approaches towards C-glycosyl compounds and natural products. In this chapter we present a brief overview of the synthetic strategies employed for their preparation, which have been classified according to the type of starting material employed. Further modifications carried out on the C-1 glycals fall beyond the scope of this review and will not be discussed. 

At that time, as now, the enantiomers of many chiral amines were obtained as natural products or by synthesis from naturally occurring amines, a-amino acids and alkaloids, while others were only prepared by introduction of an amino group by appropriate reactions into substances from the chiral pool carbohydrates, hydroxy acids, terpenes and alkaloids. In this connection, a recent review10 outlines the preparation of chiral aziridines from enantiomerically pure starting materials from natural or synthetic sources and the use of these aziridines in stereoselective transformations. Another report11 gives the use of the enantiomers of the a-amino acid esters for the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds. 

Petroleum refineries produce a stream of valuable aromatic compounds called the BTX, or benzene-toluene-xylenes (Ruthven 1984). The Cg compounds can be easily separated from the Ce and C compounds by distillation, and consist of ethyl benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, and / -xylene. Ethyl benzene is the starting material for styrene, which is used to make polystyrene / -xylene is oxidized to make terephthalic acid, and then condensed with ethylene glycol to make polyester for fibers and films. The buyers of / -xylene are the manufacturers of terephthalic acid, such as BP-Amoco, who in turn sell to the fiber manufacturers such as DuPont and Dow. These are big and sophisticated companies that have strong research and engineering capabilities, and are used to have multiple suppliers. The eventual consumers of adsorbents are the public who consider polyester as one of the choices in fabric and garments, in competition with other synthetic and natural fibers. Their purchases are also dependent on personal income and prosperity. In times of recession, it is always possible for a consumer to downgrade to cheaper fibers and to wear old clothes for a longer period of time before new purchases. 

A related type of TLC limit test is carried out where the identities of impurities are not completely certain. This type of test is used, for instance, on compounds of natural origin or partly natural origin which may contain a range of compounds related in structure to the test substance which are eo-extracted with the raw starting material. For example, the range of synthetic steroids originate from triterpenoids extracted from plants, which are extensively modified by fermentation and chemical synthesis. 

Enzymes as chiral catalysts play a role in all three methods. In nature enzymes catalyse all production of chiral compounds. In the laboratory enzymes can catalyse asymmetric synthesis, as well as resolve racemates. Which of the three methods is chosen in different cases depends on several factors, like price of starting materials, number of synthetic steps, available production technology and know-how etc. There is at present a constant ongoing development of synthetic methods and biotransformation is one field. Utilization of method i) requires knowledge of classical organic synthesis, enzymes have already played their role. Enzymes may play a part both in asymmetric synthesis and resolution. 

Synthetic transformation of an enantiomerically pure compound into the target compound without a step causing racemization. If the starting material is a readily accessible natural product the term ex-chiral-pool synthesis, which was introduced by Seebach and Kalinowski3, is used (see Section A.2). 

At present, HpNC is significantly easier to make than ONC, which is an expensive explosive and also difficult to make. Research is now focused on finding an economical synthetic route and to make it directly by tetramerization of dinitro-acetylene (a compound not yet known). By exploiting the property of TNC (of highly acidic nature) and use of interfacial nitration, TNC is converted to PNC [261]. Acetylene (parent hydrocarbon of dinitroacetylene and a cheap starting material available in abundance) is acidic in nature and therefore, it is speculated that acetylene may be converted to dinitroacetylene by following the approach of conversion of TNC to PNC, followed by its tetramerization resulting in the formation of ONC. 

No naturally occurring 1,2,4-thiadiazole having been reported so far, all compounds are of synthetic origin. The parent of the series, 1,2,4-thiadiazole, was first synthesized in 1955s by the sequence of reactions 8->9—>-10->-2,B 6 but remains relatively inaccessible. Because of its sensitivity it is not a practicable starting material for the preparation of derivatives these are therefore always built up directly by suitable cyclization reactions and subsequent modification of the substituentB as required. This section is confined to direct syntheses the numerous interconversions that furnish additional derivatives from the preformed 1,2,4-thiadiazole nucleus are considered with the chemical properties of the individual classes of compounds. 

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