chemical synthesis
Building new compounds
Chemical synthesis is the process of combining simpler substances to create more complex compounds through controlled chemical reactions.
Chemists synthesize molecules for pharmaceuticals, plastics, dyes, and countless other materials: The drug required a twelve-step synthesis.
Synthesis can occur in laboratories or industrial facilities, and may replicate naturally occurring compounds or create entirely novel ones.
- reactorsControlled fission chambers
- scale upIncrease proportionally
- intermediatesThings between endpoints
- byproductsSecondary results of production
- organic compoundCarbon-bonded chemical substance
stoichiometry · catalysts · precursors · molecule · reagents · flask · polymerization · stereochemistry · peptide · laboratory · organic · solvent · enzyme · reduction · beaker · test tube · precipitate · oxidation
chemical synthesischemical decomposition
Separation into simpler substances
degradation · chemical breakdown · extraction · purification · isolation
chemical synthesisextraction
Act of removing
biosynthesis · isolation · fermentation · harvesting · biogenesis
chemical synthesischemical decomposition
Separation into simpler substances
catabolism · degradation · breakdown · hydrolysis · thermolysis