[dguest]

In point 3: did you try to contact the authors of the paper you were trying to reproduce?

I don't know organic chemistry, but in my field the authors are often willing to discuss their results, especially if it might mean more citations for them.

[tralarpa]

May I ask what your field is? Is it CS? I am asking because we computer scientists are sometimes a little bit naive when it comes to research and publications. In other fields, like pharmaceutics, where future patents can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, authors are very careful what they tell others.

[dguest]

> May I ask what your field is?

Collider physics. I'm guessing that a lot of the less applied sciences are the same way: we're looking for fundamental laws so it's more about convincing people that your result is valid than about trying to make money off of some application.

It's very hit or miss of course: there are still some groups that act very secretive and some that are more open.