>>11506250>>11506250Yes.
>howStudying chemistry.
Reactions are not arbitrary. They depend on the reactants, the energy, the pressure the solvent, there are many tools you can use to get the product you want. For most commonly used reactants today it is yes perfectly possible to predict the outcome of a new reaction and then take it to NMR to check if it is correct.
This is why retrossynthesis exists, where you take a product and guess step-by-step how can you make it and through which reactions.
