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Wenduan Hou1, Andrius Bubliauskas1, Philip J Kitson1
1School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
ACS Central Science
|March 3, 2021
Summary
ChemSCAD digitally designs chemical reactors for compound synthesis. This system successfully translated gram-scale syntheses of Ribavirin, Modafinil, and Lomustine, enabling data sharing and versioning for improved reactionware development.
Area of Science:
- Chemical Engineering
- Computational Chemistry
- Synthetic Chemistry
Background:
- Digitalization is transforming chemical synthesis.
- Automated systems are crucial for reproducible and scalable chemical production.
- Efficient data management is key to advancing chemical reactionware.

