July 2020 PMID 32681088

Automated extraction of chemical synthesis actions from experimental procedures.

Alain C Vaucher, Federico Zipoli, Joppe Geluykens, Vishnu H Nair, Philippe Schwaller, Teodoro Laino

Download social card

Mentions

41
Peak: 12 in Jul 2020
across 5 sources since Dec 2019

Extended reach

335,511
potential audience

Total likes

110

Video views

8,780

Mentions per month

Dec 2019 – Sep 2022

Where it's discussed

  • X / Twitter29 posts
  • Blogs5 articles
  • News3 articles
  • YouTube2 videos
  • Facebook2 posts

AI synopsis

What people are saying

Several discussions highlight key aspects of the article, such as mentions of automatically extracting synthesis steps from experimental procedures and the use of advanced methods like deep learning models. The tone varies from technical curiosity—'I gave it a try'—to general recognition, like 'congrats,' reflecting a mix of interest and appreciation for its significance. The choice of words such as 'automated' and 'new collection' emphasizes the relevance and innovative nature of the research, whereas technical phrases indicate deeper engagement.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the significance of the research, with comments like 'Congrats!' and references to its novelty, indicating general support and recognition of its potential.

InterestHigh interest

The discussions reveal high curiosity, especially with posts mentioning attempts to try the method and references to automation and machine learning implications, showing enthusiasm and relevance.

EngagementModerate engagement

Users engage by discussing technical aspects such as 'RXN fingerprints,' 'atom-mapping,' and comments about applying the method to real sentences, demonstrating a reasonable depth of technical engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

Though many posts highlight the publication's importance and potential, few suggest transformative change or high-impact consequences, leading to a moderate impact score.

Abstract in brief

  • The study presents a method to automatically convert unstructured chemical synthesis instructions written in English into a structured format of step-by-step actions, making it easier to reproduce experiments.
  • The approach uses a deep learning model called a transformer, trained on large datasets generated automatically and refined with human annotations, to accurately translate text into these chemical action sequences.
  • The results are impressive, with the model perfectly matching the actions in 60.8% of sentences, and achieving high accuracy (90% and 75%) on a majority of the test sentences, indicating it's quite effective at understanding and organizing chemical procedures.]

Top posts

Most liked on X and Bluesky
Alain Vaucher
@acvaucher · X

In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an approach to extract, in an automated manner, the synthesis steps from the experimental procedures of millions of published reactions. https://t.co/jW7FOraqMQ

Jul 20, 2020 · 40 likes · 11 shares · 961 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

@leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab Congrats! I just gave it a try with a simple sentence

Oct 1, 2020 · 13 likes · 2 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
ChemRxiv
@ChemRxiv · X

Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures by Teodoro Laino & co-workers https://t.co/iZ7F47avVw https://t.co/nmC3wFSPTl

Dec 26, 2019 · 12 likes · 2 shares · 32,255 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

- RXN fingerprints (https://t.co/4OxGGSaoqZ) - Atom-mapping (https://t.co/Jtw8olp5MU) - Extraction of actions from paragraphs (https://t.co/k022hOOnch) - Inference of experimental procedures (https://t.co/aDGEaTWWxt) - Noise removal (https://t.co/hqacZzM9LS) ...

Aug 31, 2021 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
Chris Swain
@macinchem · X

Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures https://t.co/HTGoIhKgxL via @figshare

Dec 27, 2019 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 1,536 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

@leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab @JakeYeston "Manual chemistry" relates to the work done by Robots: no discussions. My comment is more focused on the effectiveness of the current NLP layer. I wonder what would happen if you start from something like: https://t.co/k022hOOnch to build the XDL. https://t.co/mkMIhNVJ1c

Oct 1, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,917 followers View post →

All mentions

Simone Gallarati
@GallaratiSimone · X

RT @teodorolaino: - RXN fingerprints (https://t.co/4OxGGSaoqZ) - Atom-mapping (https://t.co/Jtw8olp5MU) - Extraction of actions from paragr…

Aug 31, 2021 · 3 shares · 355 followers View post →
Matteo Manica
@drugilsberg · X

RT @teodorolaino: - RXN fingerprints (https://t.co/4OxGGSaoqZ) - Atom-mapping (https://t.co/Jtw8olp5MU) - Extraction of actions from paragr…

Aug 31, 2021 · 3 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
Philippe Schwaller (he/him)
@pschwllr · X

RT @teodorolaino: - RXN fingerprints (https://t.co/4OxGGSaoqZ) - Atom-mapping (https://t.co/Jtw8olp5MU) - Extraction of actions from paragr…

Aug 31, 2021 · 3 shares · 5,281 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

- RXN fingerprints (https://t.co/4OxGGSaoqZ) - Atom-mapping (https://t.co/Jtw8olp5MU) - Extraction of actions from paragraphs (https://t.co/k022hOOnch) - Inference of experimental procedures (https://t.co/aDGEaTWWxt) - Noise removal (https://t.co/hqacZzM9LS) ...

Aug 31, 2021 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
Lorenzo Righetto
@LorenzoRighett7 · X

@acvaucher et al, Automated extraction of chemical synthesis actions from experimental procedures https://t.co/qo0RgekCZh

Jan 26, 2021 · 1 like · 1,072 followers View post →
Giorgio Psc
@Giorgio_P_ · X

RT @teodorolaino: @leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab Congrats! I just gave it a try with a simple sentence

Oct 2, 2020 · 2 shares · 114 followers View post →
Philippe Schwaller (he/him)
@pschwllr · X

RT @teodorolaino: @leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab @JakeYeston "Manual chemistry" relates to the work done by Robots: no discussions. M…

Oct 2, 2020 · 1 share · 5,281 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

@leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab @JakeYeston "Manual chemistry" relates to the work done by Robots: no discussions. My comment is more focused on the effectiveness of the current NLP layer. I wonder what would happen if you start from something like: https://t.co/k022hOOnch to build the XDL. https://t.co/mkMIhNVJ1c

Oct 1, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,917 followers View post →
Federico Zipoli
@FedericoZipoli · X

RT @teodorolaino: @leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab Congrats! I just gave it a try with a simple sentence

Oct 1, 2020 · 2 shares · 105 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

@leecronin @JGBrandenburg @CroninLab Congrats! I just gave it a try with a simple sentence

Oct 1, 2020 · 13 likes · 2 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
Nature Communications
@NatureComms · X

Automated extraction of chemical synthesis actions from experimental procedures: https://t.co/7bbZLRPmiH Featured in our new collection of research highlights on machine learning in computational chemistry.

Sep 29, 2020 · 248,649 followers View post →
Frag Mich
@schla_wiener · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 26 followers View post →
Matteo Manica
@drugilsberg · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
The Colombo Lab
@lab_colombo · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 1,643 followers View post →
Dr. Suneel Kumar BVS
@suneel_bvs · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 776 followers View post →
Jan Jensen (janhjensen.bsky.social)
@janhjensen · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 9,047 followers View post →
Haibin SU 蘇海斌
@Laviebay · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 245 followers View post →
Federico Zipoli
@FedericoZipoli · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 105 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
Laura Zoppi
@LauraZoppi6 · X

RT @acvaucher: In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an appr…

Jul 20, 2020 · 11 shares · 610 followers View post →
Alain Vaucher
@acvaucher · X

In this blog post, I present, in general terms, an article that we recently published in @NatureComms. It introduces an approach to extract, in an automated manner, the synthesis steps from the experimental procedures of millions of published reactions. https://t.co/jW7FOraqMQ

Jul 20, 2020 · 40 likes · 11 shares · 961 followers View post →
Purevdorj Enkhjargal
@epuujee · X

RT @doctick: #NLP "Automated extraction of chemical synthesis actions from experimental procedures." https://t.co/UBaGfWi1Fl

Jul 19, 2020 · 1 share · 2,934 followers View post →
doctick
@doctick · X

#NLP "Automated extraction of chemical synthesis actions from experimental procedures." https://t.co/UBaGfWi1Fl

Jul 19, 2020 · 1 share · 304 followers View post →
RXN for Chemistry
@ForRxn · X

RT @ChemRxiv: Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures by Teodoro Laino & co-workers https://t.co/i…

Dec 28, 2019 · 2 shares · 949 followers View post →
Christos Kannas, Ph.D.
@CKannas · X

RT @macinchem: Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures https://t.co/HTGoIhKgxL via @figshare

Dec 27, 2019 · 2 shares · 881 followers View post →
RSC_CICAG
@RSC_CICAG · X

RT @macinchem: Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures https://t.co/HTGoIhKgxL via @figshare

Dec 27, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,618 followers View post →
Chris Swain
@macinchem · X

Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures https://t.co/HTGoIhKgxL via @figshare

Dec 27, 2019 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 1,536 followers View post →
Teodoro Laino
@teodorolaino · X

RT @ChemRxiv: Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures by Teodoro Laino & co-workers https://t.co/i…

Dec 27, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,917 followers View post →
ChemRxiv
@ChemRxiv · X

Automated Extraction of Chemical Synthesis Actions from Experimental Procedures by Teodoro Laino & co-workers https://t.co/iZ7F47avVw https://t.co/nmC3wFSPTl

Dec 26, 2019 · 12 likes · 2 shares · 32,255 followers View post →