Hypothetical Chemical Compound

Commenters debate the existence of a specific chemical compound from an article, frequently asking for its identity, formula, or synthesis details while sharing chemistry databases, papers, and AI-related jokes like LabGPT producing nerve gas.

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m3kw9 Jun 28, 2021 View on HN

This Chemical Probably Does Not Exist

Aperocky Jun 28, 2021 View on HN

Should rename to 'This Chemical Might Exist'

adastra22 Sep 8, 2024 View on HN

Interesting. Is there a chemical database you can plug this into?

ur-whale Jan 19, 2020 View on HN

Not a hint of the chemical composition in the article, or did I miss it?

phkahler Aug 9, 2019 View on HN

Is this kind of thing possible with less toxic chemistry?

fallinditch Mar 26, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like a lot of chemicals are involved

euroderf Dec 16, 2022 View on HN

LabGPT says: Your chemistry set has been optimized to produce nerve gas. Be sure to wear goggles!

Itsdijital Mar 6, 2021 View on HN

Well whats the compound? Perhaps someone else reading it could benefit from this too.

toomuchtodo Dec 21, 2023 View on HN

No worries, we are all learning together.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02219

nothrowaways Nov 4, 2024 View on HN

Only If "how to synthesise certain chemical compounds?" Was already in the original model..