User guide

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Synthesis and retrosynthesis
ChemBioDraw 13.0 includes two tools to help you draw synthesis reactions. The Synthesis tool draws synthesis
reaction based on a product structure that you specify. Alternatively, the Retrosynthesis tool draws the reaction with
the product on the left and an arrow pointing to the reactants. These tools are in the fragmentation tools palette of the
main tools palette.
To demonstrate these features, we use the Beyer Method for quinolines, starting with the structure below.
You can create either type of reaction using the appropriate tool and dragging through bonds indicated by the dotted
line. For example, use the retrosynthesis tool to create this reaction:
Figure 7.6: Quinoline retrosynthesis
Quinline synthesis
Drawing reactions
To demonstrate how to draw reactions, we will use this example:
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