Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

An autonomous organic reaction search engine for chemical reactivity

  • Vincenza Dragone,
  • Victor Sans,
  • Alon B. Henson,
  • Jaroslaw M. Granda,
  • Leroy Cronin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15733
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While automated reaction systems typically work for the synthesis of pre-defined molecules, automated systems to discover reactivity are more challenging. Here the authors report an autonomous organic reaction search engine that allows discovery of the most reactive pathways in a multi-reagent, multistep reaction system.