Synthetic pathways in chemistry were developed for various scientific purposes. Among them are to obtain the resembled compounds found in nature or to replicate the nature process.
By taking advantage of replicating the natural occurrence, various artificial systems have been discovered utilizing synthetic means. In this regard, the available of organic conjugated compound namely synthetic porphyrins has accelerated the attention to mimic the energy and electron transfer process in the artificial photosynthetic systems.
To construct a well-organized porphyrin with electron transferring center and attached chromophores in mono, dimer and trimer arrays, several synthetic strategies were employed in our research such as condensation, metal-catalyst Sonogashira, Tebbe and Petasis.
Idea of mimicking natural phenomena as such has expanded synthetic chemistry fields to access new artificial system.
In other perspective, artificial system in AI (artificial intelligence) form has already taken place in many areas of our current lives, such as health and education including the way of conducting science.
It has been proposed that the ability to integrate AI and synthetic chemistry should be useful for synthetic planning, analysis and visualization of reaction data and prediction of reactions.
The question is, can we leverage this occasion? The impact of such advanced technologies has gained the momentum as this will translate to a cost-saving, less time-consuming and a more sustainable way of doing synthetic works in particular organic chemistry.
