[ORGOsmic]

I need to make a organic synthesis and am getting stuck for ideas.  Here are the parameters:  2-step reaction, inexpensive ($1/g), easy to moderate difficulty level (we have 7 weeks, one lab/week to do it) synthesis.  Any ideas are appreciated

[movies]

Do you just need to find a reaction to do, or are you looking for a particular molecule to make?

[Mitch]

Pick a general area there is so much. Do you want the reaction to include organometallics, natural products, what kind of Chemistry do you want to do, an oxidation/reduction, nucleophilic substitution/elimination?

[ORGOsmic]

Do you just need to find a reaction to do, or are you looking for a particular molecule to make?

Basically any products or reactants are fine with me, although it needs to be a reaction that can be found in literature.  We will be studying all parts of the synthesis- from the mechanism to the percent yield of the final product.  This is for a sophmore organic class, so we want to keep all aspects of the synthesis pretty novice -  easily purifiable and stable product(s) and intermediate.

Pick a general area there is so much. Do you want the reaction to include organometallics, natural products, what kind of Chemistry do you want to do, an oxidation/reduction, nucleophilic substitution/elimination?

Let's see if I can narrow it down enough.
Small molecules, less than 25 C's (which throws out a some protiens, complex carbs, etc...)
Diels-Alder, SN2, E2, Grignard and addition of Hydrogen or alkyl Halides to anything are reactions we have studied and would be best for us.

Please ask me if you need further specifications.  Thanks

[pete]

if you want a simple synthesis without using heat expensive chemicals try nitration of toluene and put the ortho as the dominant wing,if you need more imform.let me know.

[ORGOsmic]

Sounds good.  What do you mean by "put the ortho as the dominant wing"