Synthesis planning and retrosynthesis are the main methods in use today for finding the cheapest, fastest routes for making an organic compound.  This method starts at the completed molecule and works backward until commercially available starting materials are reached.

There are tens of thousands of known reactions, and at least 1,000,000 possible starting compounds that could be considered legitimate starting materials.

Theoretically there are millions of possible routes to make any of the larger, more complex drugs such as Taxol.

However, no single individual or team of individuals can possibly memorize or even chart all of the potential possibilities in organic synthesis development and retrosynthesis. The number of solutions they are capable of finding to any given problem is severely limited. 

The synthesis planning system used to date has many inherent shortcomings.

• It is a very TIME consuming process
• It is a very COSTLY process
• It does not guarantee results
• It does not guarantee that the results you do find, if any, will be the most cost effective solution, or even financially feasible

The technologies needed to accomplish this task in a timely, cost-effective manner that results in consistently superior solutions to synthesize a particular compound did not exist...

Until Now!

The Problem   The System   The Solution