A new AI tool finds ways to turn chemical waste into other useful products
Historically, the emphasis
has been put on making stuff, and few people have cared about what to do with
all the junk left as a by-product. A new AI computer synthesis platform called Allchemy has
the ability to identify different drugs and agrochemicals that can be made from
the chemical by-products. The software can simply try all the options and
finally solve a problem no human chemist would ever be able to tackle because
of its sheer volume. After predicting feasible synthetic routes, the program
applies environmental, economic and geographic considerations to rank the
reactions and even suggests greener alternatives to the known pathways.
A Woลos et al, Nature, 2022, 604, 668 (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04503-9)
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