Part IV: Advanced Topics

Spectroscopic identification, retrosynthetic planning, pericyclic reactions, and organometallic chemistry for total synthesis.

Spectroscopic Methods

NMR, IR, mass spectrometry for structure determination

Retrosynthetic Analysis

Corey disconnections, synthons, protecting groups

Pericyclic Reactions

Diels-Alder, Woodward-Hoffmann rules, electrocyclic

Organometallic Chemistry

Cross-coupling, olefin metathesis, catalytic cycles

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