Many of Woodward's syntheses were described as spectacular by his colleagues and before he did them, it was thought by some that it would be impossible to create these substances in the lab.
Більшість синтезів Вудворда були дуже ефектно описано його колегами, і до того, як він їх зробив, деякі думали, що неможливо створити ці речовини в лабораторних умовах.