Bots bring chemistry research tools to Twitter
Cheminformatic tool can deliver retrosynthetic analysis
Bots that integrate software tools with Twitter could turn the social media platform into a direct chemistry research interface and increase accessibility.
A Japanese team has developed Twitter bots for three cheminformatic tools – retrosynthetic analysis, a 3D molecule viewer, and a 2D chemical structure editor – demonstrating how anyone with a Twitter account could access and use them. The concept could be particularly useful for interdisciplinary scientists while accelerating citizen science and open science.