IB skill practice

Analyse organic synthesis pathways

Syllabus-aligned Chemistry skill. Draft skills remain inactive until production seed coverage is added.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Count synthesis pathway steps

A synthesis route in a Auckland synthesis workshop converts an alkene to an alcohol and then to a carboxylic acid through 2 planned operations. How many steps should be recorded? Use the labelled mechanism, pathway, data table, or method diagram before answering. Enter the answer and choose the interpretation that matches the HL chemistry evidence.

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