Leveraging GPT-4 to transform chemistry from paper to practice

Wenyu Zhang; Mason A. Guy; Jinsol Yang; Lucy Hao; Junliang Liu; Joel M. Hawkins; Jason Mustakis; Sebastien Monfette; Jason E. Hein

doi:10.1039/d4dd00248b

journal article Open Access Jan 01, 2024

Leveraging GPT-4 to transform chemistry from paper to practice

Wenyu Zhang

Mason A. Guy Jinsol Yang Lucy Hao Junliang Liu

Joel M. Hawkins Jason Mustakis

Sebastien Monfette

Jason E. Hein

Digital Discovery Vol. 3 No. 11 pp. 2367-2376 · Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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Abstract

We present a two-step prompting approach to streamline literature reproduction, transforming published methods into detailed protocols and then into executable experimental steps for the Mettler Toledo EasyMax automated lab reactor.

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Published: Jan 01, 2024
Vol/Issue: 3(11)
Pages: 2367-2376
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Authors

W

Wenyu Zhang

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

M

Mason A. Guy

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

J

Jinsol Yang

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

L

Lucy Hao

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

J

Junliang Liu

Telescope Innovations Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada

J

Joel M. Hawkins

Pfizer Worldwide Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA

J

Jason Mustakis

Pfizer Worldwide Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA

S

Sebastien Monfette

Pfizer Worldwide Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA

J

Jason E. Hein

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; Telescope Innovations Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway; Acceleration Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation Award: CFI-35883

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award: RGPIN-2021-03168

Canada First Research Excellence Fund Award: CFREF2022-00042

Cite This Article

Wenyu Zhang, Mason A. Guy, Jinsol Yang, et al. (2024). Leveraging GPT-4 to transform chemistry from paper to practice. Digital Discovery, 3(11), 2367-2376. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dd00248b

Leveraging GPT-4 to transform chemistry from paper to practice

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