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(Red) The synthesis done by Richard Willstatetter takes 19 steps 10 steps to give of tropinone (violet), a precursor of the pharmaceutical atropine. This is the same compound by Robert Robinson in a synthesis (blue) that takes just one step, Robinson's synthesis is frequently cited among synthetic chemists as being “impressive”, “strikingly beautiful” and “elegant”. But is this an aesthetic statement, or a utilitarian one?
