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by manav 2262 days ago
It’s been almost two decades since I took a chemistry class, looks more foreign to me than code to a non-programmer.
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To be fair organic chemistry is its own beast and far messier than normal chemistry classes.
Yes, there's a difference between pushing electrons on paper and making compounds behave in the lab as they do on paper.

Scaleup from lab to pilot plant to production is another different beast.