Chemical reaction networks and opportunities for machine learning

Chemical reaction networks (CRNs), defined by sets of species and possible reactions between them, are widely used to interrogate chemical systems. To capture increasingly complex phenomena, CRNs can be leveraged alongside data-driven methods and machine learning (ML). In this Perspective, we assess the diverse strategies available for CRN construction and analysis in pursuit of a wide range of scientific goals, discuss ML techniques currently being applied to CRNs and outline future CRN-ML approaches, presenting scientific and technical challenges to overcome.