Schematic Illustration of a Chemical Reaction Network (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Schematic Illustration of a Chemical Reaction Network

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Molecules (blue spheres) are connected to one another by the reactions (grey spheres and arrows) in which they participate. The network of possible organic molecules and reactions is impossibly vast. Intelligent search algorithms are needed to identify feasible pathways (purple) for synthesizing desired molecules.

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Mikolaj Kowalik & Kyle Bishop/Columbia Engineering

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