---
title: "Search Strategies for the Task of Organic Chemical Synthesis"
authors:
  - "N. S. Sridharan"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/14"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/0014.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1973
pages: "95-103"
track: "Applications and Implications of A. I."
keywords:
---

# Search Strategies for the Task of Organic Chemical Synthesis

N. S. Sridharan

*Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 95-103.

## Abstract

A computer program has been written that successfully discovers syntheses for complex organic chemical molecules. The definition of the search space and strategies for heuristic search are described in this paper. It is not growing like a tree •.. . .. In small proportions we just beauties see ; - Ben Jonson .