[manav]

It’s been almost two decades since I took a chemistry class, looks more foreign to me than code to a non-programmer.

[ehsankia]

To be fair organic chemistry is its own beast and far messier than normal chemistry classes.

[HarryHirsch]

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.