Organic chemists harness AI to uncover how fast chemical reactions proceed
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THE AI ANGLE
Expanding experimental yield data to help estimate reaction ratesResearchers developed a method called CYAN that extracts reaction speeds directly from yield optimization data. Machine learning fills gaps between experimental points, and chemists apply rate equations to calculate kinetic values. This allows synthetic chemists to study reaction mechanisms without conducting separate time-course experiments.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Discuss whether yield data augmented by machine learning can reliably support mechanistic claims without direct time-course measurements.Read the original at phys.org Generate teaching or study materials
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