title: [Organic synthesis].
abstract: Some comments on the problems that are encountered by organic chemists who attempt the total synthesis of a molecule having several asymmetric centers. These difficulties explain the relatively slow progress of that branch of chemistry, although some of its successes merit being considered works of art.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, NY 10027, USA. gjs8@columbia.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stork
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals
vernacular_title: La synthèse organique.