I have tried these questions on my own but am wondering if someone wouldn't mind trying these retrosyntheses and list their steps to see if they get the same as me:
1) start with m-cresol which is toluene with an OH in the meta position.
end with musk-ambrette whose structure is as follows: a toluene with an NO2 group in each ortho position, a CH3O in the meta position and a (CH3)2CH in the para position.
2) start with cholorobenzene.
end with a benzene ring whose structure is as follows: taking 1 NO2 group as the reference point, there is an SCH2CH3 in the ortho position and an CH3C=O in the meta position.
Thanks so much.