The Engineering of Chemical Synthesis: Humans and Machines Working in Harmony

Abstract

"Chemical synthesis has previously tended to rely heavily on robust labour-intensive processes. We have been advocating a machine-assisted approach to synthesis for many years. To replace a bench chemist with a machine is not only unrealistic but impossible. What is realistic is to use this rapidly developing array of equipment and novel concepts to take us way beyond where we are today …". Read more in the Guest Editorial by Steven V. Ley.