Synthetic routes proposed by a noninteractive synthesis program
- Some synthetic routes proposed by our noninteractive organic synthesis computer program, SYNSUP-ME, are presented and the program is briefly described. The input data to this program conveys the structure of the goal molecule, the maximum number of steps acceptable in the synthesis, the various structural requirements for an acceptable starting material or, optionally, a specific required starting material, reaction conditions which are for economic reasons unacceptable, whether or not any resolutions are allowed, etc. The output of the program consists of proposed routes. If no routes satisfying the program user's requirements are found then the program reports several pathways which come closest to satisfying the user-specified requirements.