title: Toward the ideal synthesis and molecular function through synthesis-informed design.
abstract: This Highlight describes factors that contribute to an ideal synthesis, including economies (step, time, atom, solvent, energy) and orientations (target, diversity, safety, function), and the role of synthesis-informed design directed at function in advancing synthesis and its impact on science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA. wenderp@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wender
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products