Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry

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For the template to create a chemical formula, see Template:Chem.

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WikiProject: Chemistry
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to provide information related to chemistry. The main efforts focus on providing clearly written articles that give an overview of the topic, all supported by reliable sources. The Chemistry portal is maintained at Portal:Chemistry and the project banner is {{WikiProject Chemistry}}. We also have a structure drawing workgroup and a Gold Book workgroup. Chemistry articles considered of vital importance to Wikipedia are listed on the expanded vital articles list.

Overview

Things you can do

Here are some things you can do:

• Add references: Aromatic compound (replace ChemLibre references) - Hydrolysis - Perfluorocycloalkene (needs general refs) - Hair conditioner - Water softening - Tarnish - crystal structure of ferrous acetate tetrahydrate
• Copyedit: Lacquer - Algaecide - Hydroxyl radical - Naturally occurring phenols - Photosystem (redundant)
• Update: Nematicide - Biopesticide - Glucoside
• Style: Explosive - Shampoo - Corrosion - Biodiesel - Preservative - Recrystallization (chemistry)
• Articles needing an expert: Calcium hydroxychloride (two registry numbers?) -Lead(II) hydroxide & plumbite - Ene reaction (most content focuses on big total syntheses, WP:UNDUE) - Evelyn effect (written as a textbook but not very clear)- Molecular geometry (remove content that is not about geometry) - Diastereomer (acknowledge that this is a big topic, not just sugars) - Naturally occurring phenols- Ethyl nitrate - Ionization energy - Photoredox catalysis - faujasite - Manganese-mediated coupling reactions - Enolate (redundant, white space, general vs specialized info) - Alcohol oxidation (probably most alcohols are not oxidized in the ways presented in this undergrad lab-oriented article) - Aldol reaction (build up the real-world apps of use of "fancy reagents" and find some real apps for them, if any)
• Expand: Scopine (general introduction) - Headspace gas chromatography (with examples) - Coffee and Tea (chemistry of roasting and flavors) - Organolanthanide chemistry -Rhenium compounds - Oxygen Scavengers - Ionization energy
• Merge or split: Molecular scale electronics & Molecular electronics -Nanocluster, Nanoparticle deposition, & Characterization of nanoparticles merge to Nanoparticle - Ring flip & Cyclohexane conformation are very similar - Spin transition into Selection rule - Liquefied petroleum gas & parts of propane - Supramolecular chemistry & Supramolecular catalysis & Non-covalent interaction & Molecular self-assembly & Macromolecular assembly - Petrochemical industry & Petrochemical - Trifluoromethyl cation & trifluoromethylation - Oxo-degradation (maybe redirect?) - Dihedral angle & Torsion angle - Lewis acidic antimony compounds distribute contents - transition metal phosphinidene complex to be created by cleaving that material from phosphinidene
• Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide -
• Article requests: 2-Chloroaniline - 3-Chloroaniline - Bicycloalkanes (C6's: Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane, Bicyclo[2.2.0]hexane; C7's: Bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane) - Dihydrocinnamyl alcohol, a commercial fragrance -Carbamate insecticides (currently a subsection within carbamate - Benzo group - 1,4-Dihydronaphthalene (1,2-isomer already done) - Rutile structure (analogous to fluorite structure - norcaradiene - methyl and ethyl esters of stearic and oleic acids (and other fatty acids) - 3,6-Dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid - Selenium-77 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - Fluoride ion affinity - functional group compatibility - Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) - Tetrabutylammonium borohydride - Benzal bromide - 3-Chlorobenzaldehyde - 3-Methylbenzaldehyde - Methallyl bromide - Piperitol (terpenoid flavorant) - 1,2-Diamines (see leading refs in diamine)
• Accuracy disputes: Conformational isomerism is a fringe-phenomenon and this article should be rotamer
• Peer review: Monatomic ion
• Image requests: [[Image:Synthesis_Snoutane.svg]], [[Image:Basketane_-_transition_metal_catalyzed_isomerization.svg]],Proline organocatalysis (redraw with uniform font, ACS-settings for ChemDraw, improved layout)

Daily status report
Chemistry articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 4 4 5 14 FL 1 1 1 1 4 A 1 1 GA 3 12 18 28 61 B 31 110 209 241 3 594 C 39 234 771 1,686 9 2,739 Start 6 188 1,277 4,452 1 61 5,985 Stub 1 132 2,777 1 72 2,983 List 3 7 51 302 10 373 Category 2,305 2,305 Disambig 61 61 File 77 77 Portal 85 85 Project 40 40 Redirect 9 92 243 1,542 1,886 Template 668 668 NA 6 6 Other 2 93 95 Assessed 84 566 2,555 9,738 4,889 145 17,977 Unassessed 2 2 Total 84 566 2,555 9,740 4,889 145 17,979 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 60,690 Ω = 4.90
Featured articles: 16 Featured lists: 6 Good articles: 63

Anyone can participate in the WikiProject. The collection of articles in this project aspires to be authoritative and comprehensive, but gaps exist with respect to clarity, scope, and supporting references.

Technical experts are always needed, but nonexperts can contribute by improving readability.

Guidelines for editing are listed in WP:NOT. Some highlights that are particularly relevant to this project:

• WP:SECONDARY and WP:TERTIARY. The most desirable references are to reviews and books (including ebooks). Many such sources are behind paywalls, unfortunately.
• WP:RS. Claims require reliable sources. The definition of RS can be ambiguous in the case of patents and dissertations. Some concern exists about citing predatory journals.
• WP:MEDRS. Claims related to human health require especially strong supporting references, read: secondary and tertiary.
• WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia presents facts. It is not a textbook replete with explanations. The difference between an encyclopedia and a textbook can be subtle however.
• WP:COI. Editors avoid topics where they have a conflict of interest, or at least they disclose their conflict. "Ref spamming" by authors of journal articles is a persistent problem.
• WP:UNDUE. The space allocated to subtopics within an article should reflect their relative significance. Of course, defining "relative significance" can be non-obvious.

Who's editing?

These sites list many of the more active editors in this project and the related Chemicals project:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory/Description/WikiProject_Chemistry
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory/Description/WikiProject_Chemicals

Good open access sources

• McMurry's "Organic Chemistry. A standard textbook on organic chemistry. Qualifies as a tertiary source (review of reviews). https://openstax.org/details/books/organic-chemistry/
• Organic Syntheses. Classic compendium of procedures with references to alternative routes and historical context. Qualifies as a secondary source (review). http://www.orgsyn.org
• IUPAC Gold Book. Authoritative definitions of many chemical terms. https://goldbook.iupac.org
• Atkins' "Concepts in Physical Chemistry". Major textbook by renown author of textbooks. https://books.rsc.org/books/monograph/2194/Concepts-in-Physical-Chemistry
• Shriver and Atkins' "Inorganic Chemistry". 5th Edition. Standard undergraduate textbook on inorganic chemistry, with many advanced topics. https://archive.org/details/inorganic-chemistry-atkins-shriver-pdf

Articlebot alerts

Articles for deletion

• 11 Jun 2026 – Emilie Ringe (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Riceboxpoulet (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)
• 10 Jun 2026 – Vellore A. R. Srinivasan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mathglot (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
• 06 Jun 2026 – Plutonium(III) oxide (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UnbihexiumFan (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 27 May 2026 – Andrea Zitolo (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
• 05 Jun 2026 – Heavy metals (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Lophotrochozoa (t · c) was closed as merge by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 13 Jun 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 05 Jun 2026 – Toxic heavy metal (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Lophotrochozoa (t · c) was closed as merge by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 13 Jun 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 05 Jun 2026 – Neptunium compounds (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by UnbihexiumFan (t · c) was closed as merge by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 12 Jun 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 28 May 2026 – Coca alkaloid (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Willy1018 (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 05 Jun 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
• 26 May 2026 – Rachael Gbekele-Oluwa Ayo (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Scope creep (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 03 Jun 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 18 May 2026 – Christopher O. Barnes (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 25 May 2026; see discussion (4 participants)

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Proposed deletions

• 10 Jun 2026 – MXene catalysis (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Ldm1954 (t · c): This is WP:SYNTH of a range of possible applications which also fails WP:CRYSTALBALL, with parts unsourced. This is far below the what is needed for encyclopedic articles on Wikipedia.
• 27 May 2026 – Andrea Zitolo (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Jimjamjoe5 (t · c) was deproded by Cyclopia (t · c) on 27 May 2026

Categories for discussion

• 04 Jun 2026 – Category:Smelters (occupation) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
• 13 May 2026 – Category:Nature (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Savannah River Site (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Requested moves

• 06 Jun 2026 – List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Schedule 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention by Pppery (t · c) was moved to Schedule 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 13 Jun 2026; see discussion
• 06 Jun 2026 – List of Schedule 3 substances (CWC) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention by Pppery (t · c) was moved to Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 13 Jun 2026; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 11 Mar 2026 – Lindgren oxidation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pinnick oxidation by Staraction (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Mar 2026 – Toxic heavy metal (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Heavy metal#Toxicity by Smokefoot (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 13 Dec 2025 – Residue (chemistry) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by KormiSK (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Sep 2025 – Pulp (paper) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Chickenpox4dinner (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Dec 2024 – Phosphinidene (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 04 Jun 2026 – Draft:Cantor alloys (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-19854-45 (t · c)
• 28 May 2026 – Draft:Innocore (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vldeboer (t · c)
• 26 May 2026 – Draft:Bridget Bergquist (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jackmcgrath098 (t · c)
• 23 May 2026 – Draft:Barrett E. Rabinow (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Joshkugel (t · c)
• 13 May 2026 – Draft:VeloxChem (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 02 May 2026 – Draft:Groupement Ampère (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EPRlabeler (t · c)
• 26 Apr 2026 – Draft:Antonio Fernández del Riego (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zinnober9 (t · c)
• 21 Apr 2026 – Draft:Calcite precipitation in lakes (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lucy.Neuhaus (t · c)
• 18 Apr 2026 – Draft:Victor Pavlovich Spiridonov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nikolas Sharp (t · c)
• 29 Mar 2026 – Draft:Russell Bates Hodgdon Jr (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 1jondreher (t · c)

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