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        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</strong></font></div>
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        967-6575</strong></font></div>
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        OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYNTHETECH, INC. AND
        GREGORY R. HAHN, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER&#160;11, 2006</strong></font></div>
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                  Stock, par value $0.001, (including, any associated common stock
                  purchase
                  rights) under the Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement
                  Between Synthetech, Inc. and Gregory R. Hahn</font></div>
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                  an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary
                  to
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                  plan as
                  the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
                  of the Registrant's outstanding Common
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                  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant
                  to
                  Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#8220;Securities
                  Act&#8221;) based on the exercise price of the outstanding options being
                  registered on this Registration
                  statement.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INCORPORATION
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        following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
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        documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
        of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a
        post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities offered hereby
        have
        been sold or which deregisters the securities covered hereby then remaining
        unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
        Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective
        dates on which such documents are filed.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DESCRIPTION
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INTERESTS
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INDEMNIFICATION
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        authorizes a corporation to limit a director&#8217;s liability to the corporation or
        its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except in
        certain circumstances involving breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty, bad
        faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violations of law, illegal corporate
        distributions, or any transaction from which the director receives an improper
        personal benefit. Article VII of our articles of incorporation contains
        provisions implementing such limitations on a director&#8217;s liability to the
        registrant and its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by Oregon law.
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        to award, or a corporation&#8217;s board of directors to grant, indemnification to
        directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification
        under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
        of
        1933, as amended. Article VIII of our articles of incorporation provides for
        indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum
        extent not prohibited by Oregon law. </font></div>
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        for
        serving in those capacities pursuant to a liability insurance policy we maintain
        for this purpose. In addition, we have contractually agreed to indemnify each
        of
        our directors for any liability they may incur by reason of the fact that they
        serve in that capacity, including liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as
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              <td align="left">
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>EXHIBITS</strong></font></div>
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        each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this
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text: Synthetech, Inc. - Form S-8
  As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30,
        2007
  Registration
        No. 333-
  SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
        D.C. 20549
  ______________________
  FORM
        S-8
  REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ______________________
  SYNTHETECH, INC.
  (Exact
        name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Oregon
  84-0845771
  (State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S.
                  Employer Identification No.)
  1290
        Industrial Way
  Albany
        Oregon 97322
  (541)
        967-6575
  (Address
        of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  STOCK
        OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYNTHETECH, INC. AND
        GREGORY R. HAHN, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
  (Full
        title of the plan)
  Gary
        Weber
  1290
        Industrial Way
  Albany,
        Oregon 97322
  (541)
        967-6575
  (Name,
        address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
        service)
  ______________________
  Copies
        to:
  David
                  Matheson
  Perkins
                  Coie LLP
  1120
                  NW Couch Street
  Portland,
                  Oregon 97209
  (503)
                  727-2000
  ______________________
  CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title
                  of Securities
  to
                  Be Registered
  Amount
                  to Be
  Registered
                  (1)
  Proposed
                  Maximum
  Offering
                  Price Per Share (2)
  Proposed
                  Maximum
  Aggregate
                  Offering Price
  Amount
                  of Registration Fee
  Common
                  Stock, par value $0.001, (including, any associated common stock
                  purchase
                  rights) under the Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement
                  Between Synthetech, Inc. and Gregory R. Hahn
  300,000
                  shares
  $0.31
  $93,000
  $10.00
  (1)
  Includes
                  an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary
                  to
                  adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
                  plan as
                  the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
                  of the Registrant's outstanding Common
                  Stock.
  (2)
  Estimated
                  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant
                  to
                  Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities
                  Act") based on the exercise price of the outstanding options being
                  registered on this Registration
                  statement.
  PART
        II
  INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item
                3.
  INCORPORATION
                  OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY
                  REFERENCE
  The
        following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
        incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  The
        Registrant's Annual Report for the year ended March 31, 2006 (filed on June
        23, 2006), which contains audited financial statements for the most recent
        fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
  (b)
  The
        Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30,
        2006
        (filed on August 11, 2006) and September 30, 2006 (filed on November 11,
        2006);
  (c)
  The
        Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on September 6, 2006, September
        12, 2006, October 31, 2006 and November 13, 2006; and
  (d)
  The
        description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
        Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 8, 1984 under
        Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
        "Exchange Act"), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose
        of
        updating such description.
  All
        documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
        of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a
        post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities offered hereby
        have
        been sold or which deregisters the securities covered hereby then remaining
        unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
        Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective
        dates on which such documents are filed.
  Item
                4.
  DESCRIPTION
                  OF SECURITIES
  Not
        applicable.
  Item
                5.
  INTERESTS
                  OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
                  COUNSEL
  None.
  Item
                6.
  INDEMNIFICATION
                  OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
  We
        are an
        Oregon corporation. Section 60.047 of the Oregon Business Corporation Act
        authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or
        its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except in
        certain circumstances involving breach of the director's duty of loyalty, bad
        faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violations of law, illegal corporate
        distributions, or any transaction from which the director receives an improper
        personal benefit. Article VII of our articles of incorporation contains
        provisions implementing such limitations on a director's liability to the
        registrant and its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by Oregon law.
  Sections
        60.391 through 60.414 of the Oregon Business Corporation Act authorize a court
        to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnification to
        directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification
        under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
        of
        1933, as amended. Article VIII of our articles of incorporation provides for
        indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum
        extent not prohibited by Oregon law.
  We
        may
        also indemnify our directors and officers against liability they may incur
        for
        serving in those capacities pursuant to a liability insurance policy we maintain
        for this purpose. In addition, we have contractually agreed to indemnify each
        of
        our directors for any liability they may incur by reason of the fact that they
        serve in that capacity, including liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as
        amended.
  Item
                7.
  EXEMPTION
                  FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  Not
        applicable.
  Item
                8.
  EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion
                  of Perkins Coie
  LLP
  regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
  23.1
  Consent
                  of KPMG LLP (Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)
  23.2
  Consent
                  of Perkins Coie
  LLP
  (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power
                  of Attorney (see signature page)
  99.1
  Stock
                  Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement Between Synthetech,
                  Inc.
                  and Gregory R. Hahn, dated as of September 11,
                  2006
  Item
                9.
  UNDERTAKINGS
  (a)
  The
            undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To
          file,
          during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
          amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To
        include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
        1933 (the "Securities Act");
  (ii)
  To
        reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
        of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
        thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
        in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
  Notwithstanding
        the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of the securities offered
        (if
        the total dollar value of securities offered would not
  exceed
        that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
        estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
        changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
        maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
        Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii)
  To
        include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
        previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
        to
        such information in this Registration Statement;
  provided
  ,
  however
  ,
        that
        paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required
        to
        be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
        in
        periodic reports filed or furnished by the Registrant pursuant to
        Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
        by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That,
        for
        the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
        post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
        relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
        at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
        thereof.
  (3)
  To
        remove
        from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
        being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
        offering.
  (b)
  The
        undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
        any
        liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
        report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
        applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant
        to
        Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
        Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
        relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
        at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
        thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar
        as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
        permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
        pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
        advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
        indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
        and
        is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
        against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
        incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
        in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
        such
        director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
        registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
        has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
        jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
        policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
        adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
        that
        it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for
        filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
        signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
        City
        of Albany, State of Oregon, on January 30, 2007.
  Synthetech,
                    Inc.
  /s/
                    Gary A. Weber
  By:
  Gary
                    A. Weber
  Vice
                    President Finance and Administration,
  Chief
                    Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
  POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
  Each
        person whose signature appears below authorizes Daniel T. Fagan or Gary A.
        Weber, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution,
        to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in
        each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this
        Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective
        amendments.
  Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below
        on
        January 30, 2007.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/
                  Daniel T. Fagan
  Daniel
                  T. Fagan
  Chairman
                  of the Board of Directors
  and Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive
                  Officer)
  /s/
                  Gary A. Weber
  Gary
                  A. Weber
  Vice
                  President Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
                  and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
                  Officer)
  /s/
                  Paul C. Ahrens
  Paul
                  C. Ahrens
  Director
  /s/
                  Howard L. Farkas
  Howard
                  L. Farkas
  Director
  /s/
                  Donald E. Kuhla
  Donald
                  E. Kuhla
  Director
  /s/
                  Hans C. Noetzli
  Hans
                  C. Noetzli
  Director
  /s/
                  Charles B. Williams
  Charles
                  B. Williams
  Director
  INDEX
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  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion
                  of Perkins Coie
  LLP
  regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
  23.1
  Consent
                  of KPMG LLP (Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)
  23.2
  Consent
                  of Perkins Coie
  LLP
  (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power
                  of Attorney (see signature page)
  99.1
  Stock
                  Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement Between Synthetech,
                  Inc.
                  and Gregory R. Hahn