A Chemistry-Native AI Workbench for Catalysis Research
REACTOR is used by catalysis researchers across heterogeneous, homogeneous, biocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic systems. It reasons across peer-reviewed literature, your own protocols, and connected chemistry data sources, with source references for extracted claims and supporting citations for synthesized inferences.
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Catalysis research moves across mechanism, structure-activity, and process chemistry on every project.
A typical project covers catalyst design, mechanism investigation, screening, optimization, and process implementation. Each step pulls on peer-reviewed literature, characterization data, supplier specs, and the team's own kinetic data.
The slow part is reasoning across that surface coherently. Holding mechanism considerations, structure-activity relationships, and process constraints in context as the catalyst system evolves toward selectivity, activity, and stability targets.
REACTOR is a chemistry co-pilot designed for this work. It reasons across catalysis chemistry alongside the materials you bring in, links extracted claims to source documents, and keeps captured insights organized in your Research Space.
Where REACTOR Fits Across Catalysis
Catalysis research spans a broad chemistry surface. Each sub-area has its own reasoning challenges, and each benefits from a chemistry-native intelligence layer.
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Homogeneous Catalysis
Biocatalysis & Enzyme Chemistry
Photocatalysis & Electrocatalysis
Asymmetric & Selective Catalysis
Catalyst Deactivation & Regeneration
What This Looks Like in Catalysis
Concrete examples of how REACTOR's chemistry-native reasoning supports the full R&D loop: discover, analyze, capture, reuse.
Screening Ligands for a New Cross-Coupling
A homogeneous catalysis chemist screening phosphine and NHC ligands for a new cross-coupling interrogates the recent literature alongside the team's own kinetic data. REACTOR reasons across ligand effects and mechanism, with source references on extracted claims.
Investigating Catalyst Deactivation
A process catalysis scientist investigating deactivation in a continuous run uploads characterization data and adjacent literature. REACTOR reasons across coking, sintering, and poisoning pathways, with the analysis captured as a reusable Resource.
Biocatalyst Selection for a New Substrate
An R&D lead working on enzyme selection for a new substrate uploads the protein chemistry context and screening data. REACTOR surfaces relevant biocatalysis literature and prior-art, attached to the Research Space for future related work.
Forking Reasoning on Two Photocatalyst Systems
A photocatalysis researcher forks a reasoning thread to evaluate two photocatalyst systems for a specific transformation. Both lines of inquiry stay live in the Research Space, with AI Notes and User Notes captured separately.
Web Research Inside REACTOR
REACTOR includes live web research alongside its core chemistry reasoning. Catalysis researchers use it to evaluate catalyst suppliers, compare ligand and enzyme vendors, track patent landscape, and access current industry intelligence from across the open web. Web results are presented with source provenance; users should verify critical safety or regulatory information against primary literature, regulatory databases, or supplier data.
Related Industries
REACTOR supports chemistry-native R&D across multiple adjacent areas.
AI for Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis, corrosion, and electrochemical energy systems.
AI for Specialty Chemicals
Intermediates, building blocks, and custom synthesis.
AI for Polymer R&D
Polymerization catalysis and emerging catalytic systems.
AI for Agrochemicals
Synthesis chemistry for active ingredients.
AI for Materials Science
Catalyst materials and characterization.
All Industries →
See every chemistry and materials area REACTOR supports.
Built for the People Doing the Work
VP R&D · Chief Chemist · Technical Co-Founder
Catalysis startups developing new catalytic chemistries under time and capital pressure. REACTOR adds chemistry depth without adding headcount, supporting mechanism work, ligand design, and screening.
Senior Catalysis Chemist · Process Chemist · Application Specialist
Practicing scientists balancing pipeline projects, customer applications, and process chemistry. REACTOR provides professional leverage by accelerating analysis.
VP R&D · Head of Catalysis · Director of Process Chemistry
R&D leaders managing portfolios across catalysis programs. REACTOR functions as research infrastructure that holds chemistry context across teams and program lifetimes.
500+
Researchers using REACTOR across chemistry and materials science
Source-traceable
Extracted claims reference papers, figures, and data; synthesized inferences flag supporting citations
Multi-source
Connected to peer-reviewed literature and chemistry data sources like PubChem
By scientists
Founded by a physical chemist, an AI/ML PhD, and a CS/Math PhD
Test REACTOR on Your Own Catalysis Work
Open a Research Space, bring in a paper, patent, or one of your own characterization data, and see how REACTOR reasons across the chemistry in your own work.
REACTOR supports R&D reasoning and information work. It is not a substitute for institutional safety review. Always consult qualified safety officers and validated SOPs before lab work involving hazardous chemistry.