合成快報的設計是為了滿足科學家的需要，他們需要關于全球合成有機化學的最新結果和趨勢的快速信息。它包含了一些簡短的個性化文章，叫做“賬戶”(Accounts)，這些文章回顧了各個研究小組近期的重要工作，并以“信件”(Letters)為標題進行了快速通信，報告了需要科學界關注的非常重要的新研究成果。

Designed to meet the needs of scientists who need rapid information on the latest results and trends worldwide in synthetic organic chemistry, Synlett is designed for optimal efficiency. It contains short personalized articles called Accounts, which review important recent work from individual research groups and rapid communications entitled Letters, which report on highly significant new research results that demand attention from the scientific community.