This synthesis was the first one in a series of exceedingly complicated and elegant syntheses that he would undertake .
Woodward showed that organic synthesis could be made into a rational science , and that synthesis could be aided by well - established principles of reactivity and structure .
This synthesis was the first one in a series of exceedingly complicated and elegant syntheses that Woodward would undertake .
Woodward showed that organic synthesis could be made into a rational science , and that synthesis could be aided by well - established principles of reactivity and structure .