Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry

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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 2 2 GA 3 12 18 27 60 B 31 109 210 245 6 601 C 39 235 771 1,687 3 26 2,761 Start 6 187 1,276 4,456 119 6,044 Stub 1 133 2,768 1 99 3,002 List 3 7 51 304 10 375 Category 2,312 2,312 Disambig 61 61 File 77 77 Portal 84 84 Project 40 40 Redirect 10 92 246 1,548 1,896 Template 668 668 NA 4 4 Other 2 99 101 Assessed 84 566 2,556 9,743 4,907 250 18,106 Unassessed 1 2 1 3 7 Total 84 566 2,557 9,745 4,908 253 18,113 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 61,201 Ω = 4.90
Featured articles: 16 Featured lists: 6 Good articles: 62

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

• 14 Jul 2026 – Free-radical reaction (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 25 Jun 2026 – Macromolecular cages (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by FaviFake (t · c) was closed as merge by Thilio (t · c) on 02 Jul 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 22 Jun 2026 – Lactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mausfield (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 30 Jun 2026; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 21 Jun 2026 – TL-599 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GrinningIodize (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 29 Jun 2026; see discussion (2 participants)
• 18 Jun 2026 – Makim Nikitin (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos (t · c) on 03 Jul 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 17 Jun 2026 – Lanthanide trichloride (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by FaviFake (t · c) was closed; see discussion (1 participant)
• 17 Jun 2026 – Methane (data page) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by OzmoOzmo (t · c) was closed as keep by Geschichte (t · c) on 02 Jul 2026; see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
• 15 Jun 2026 – Purnell equation (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Vetrenarisisum (t · c) was closed as merge by CactusWriter (t · c) on 22 Jun 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
• 15 Jun 2026 – Yuan Ping (scientist) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mariamnei (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 01 Jul 2026; see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
• 11 Jun 2026 – Department of Chemistry, University of York (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Flyingphoenixchips (t · c) was closed as delete by CactusWriter (t · c) on 18 Jun 2026; see discussion (4 participants)

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Proposed deletions

• 13 Jul 2026 – Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted
• 01 Jul 2026 – Half-Möbius electronic topology (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted
• 10 Jun 2026 – MXene catalysis (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was deleted
• 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) CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 13 May 2026 – Category:Nature (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 04 Jul 2026 – Colored fire (talk · edit · hist) →Fireworks was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion

Miscellany for deletion

• 22 Jun 2026 – Portal:Chemistry/In the news (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by Metropolitan90 (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 25 Jun 2026; see discussion

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

• 23 Jun 2026 – Macromolecular cages (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Organic molecular cages by Smokefoot (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 23 Jun 2026 – Organic molecular cages (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Macromolecular assembly by Smokefoot (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jun 2026 – Lanthanide trichloride (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Lanthanide chlorides 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

• 20 Jul 2026 – Draft:Snake venom metalloproteinase (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EthK34 (t · c)
• 14 Jul 2026 – Draft:Human Metabolome Project (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PaperTempo (t · c)
• 09 Jul 2026 – Draft:3-Chloroaniline (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vetrenarisisum (t · c)
• 27 Jun 2026 – Draft:Echinopines A and B (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nilsusrl (t · c)
• 20 Jun 2026 – Draft:Basim Mohammed Saadi Al-Saadi (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mustafa Al-Saadi93 (t · c)
• 15 Jun 2026 – Draft:4-Oxo-TEMPO (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by GammaPlus2 (t · c)
• 04 Jun 2026 – Draft:Cantor alloys (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-19854-45 (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)

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