The Demise Of Organic Chemistry
A recent paper in Nature should strike fear into my buddies in organic chemistry. An artificial intelligence program has been shown to be superior to human chemists in optimizing reaction conditions: Nature 590, 89–96 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03213-y. This is progress: what would take several expert chemists months to improve and optimize reactions can now be done in silico in minutes. So, fire the chemists in organic chemistry and hire the computer. That is… Read More »The Demise Of Organic Chemistry