Claude wrote a complete organic synthesis route in ~30 minutes from a single molecule image
claudeai · x · 2026-11-10
Planning reaction routes for complex molecules is among the hardest jobs in organic chemistry. From one image of each of four molecules, with no internet and code as its only tool, Claude wrote complete synthesis routes in about half an hour each. The image shows GDGT-4 as drawn by the Burns lab at Stanford alongside part of the 29-step route (steps 20-22). Routes are not yet tested in a lab.
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