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Area of Science:

Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Chemical Synthesis

Background:

Growing availability of electronic experimental data.
Advancements in computer hardware and software.
Need for enhanced creativity in synthesis planning.

Purpose of the Study:

Review emerging technologies for synthesis planning.
Highlight innovative synthetic route prediction tools.
Discuss combinatorial approaches for route optimization.

Main Methods:

Analysis of current trends in computational chemistry.
Review of existing synthetic route prediction software.
Examination of combinatorial methods for chemical synthesis.

Main Results:

Identification of key technologies supporting chemists' creativity.
Overview of tools suggesting new reactions and paths.
Discussion of cost-optimized and globally criteria-based route suggestions.

Conclusions:

Emerging technologies significantly support chemical synthesis planning.
Synthetic route prediction tools act as valuable idea-generating engines.
Computational approaches offer optimized and novel pathways for molecule synthesis.