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WikiProject: Chemistry
	Open Tasks			Article Collaborations
	Wikiprojects			Materials/templates
	Participants			Manuals of Style
	Assessment			IRC discussions

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to provide information related to chemistry. The main efforts focus on providing articles 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: Fractional crystallization (chemistry) - Hydrolysis - Molluscicide - Perfluorocycloalkene (needs general refs) - Hair conditioner - Water softening - Tarnish - Free-radical reaction - crystal structure of ferrous acetate tetrahydrate - crystal structure of potassium bromate
• Copyedit: Lacquer - Algaecide - Hydroxyl radical - Naturally occurring phenols
• Update: Nematicide - Biopesticide - Glucoside
• Style: Explosive - Shampoo - Corrosion - Biodiesel - Preservative - Recrystallization (chemistry)
• Articles needing an expert: Naturally occurring phenols- Ethyl nitrate - Ionization energy - Zwitterion - 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)
• Expand: Organouranium chemistry - Organolanthanide chemistry - Oxygen Scavengers - Ionization energy
• Merge or split: 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 - Benzylic activation and stereocontrol in tricarbonyl(arene)chromium complexes & (Benzene)chromium tricarbonyl - Oxidation with dioxiranes & Epoxidation with dioxiranes - carbocation & carbenium ion & carbonium ion
• Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide - Ruthenium compounds - Rhenium compounds
• Article requests: 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) - *Potassium borohydride (currently a redirect to borohydride) - Tetrabutylammonium borohydride
• Accuracy disputes: Diazonium compound: "Phenyldiazonium chloride is dangerously explosive, but benzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate is easily handled on the bench."
• Peer review: Monatomic ion

Daily status report
Chemistry articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 3 4 5 13 FL 1 1 1 1 4 A 1 1 GA 3 12 18 27 60 B 27 110 202 197 8 544 C 42 227 719 1,408 42 2,438 Start 6 198 1,121 3,876 1 118 5,320 Stub 1 329 2,776 1 55 3,162 List 3 6 49 236 12 50 356 Category 2,274 2,274 Disambig 1 60 61 File 62 62 Portal 85 85 Project 1 38 39 Redirect 9 82 204 1,499 1,794 Template 670 670 NA 1 1 Other 89 89 Assessed 83 567 2,525 8,733 4,792 273 16,973 Unassessed 2 4 178 184 Total 83 567 2,527 8,737 4,792 451 17,157 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 57,083 Ω = 4.95
Featured articles: 15 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

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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

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