“…These experiments provide a variety of approaches to teaching synthesis in the sophomore organic chemistry curriculum with most of them focusing on the synthesis of a biologically (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) or commercially (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) relevant target while some are designed for pedagogical (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37) reasons. The complexity of the syntheses differ greatly and range from two (6, 7, 11-13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 31, 36), three (8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 28-30, 34, 37), four (9,26,33,38), five (19,32), six (24,39), and eight (40) step processes. A number of the experiments engage the sophomore organic students in research projects that expose students to the problem-solving skills necessary to optimize and trouble-shoot a multi-step synthesis (38)…”