Method and device for automation of chemical synthesis

A method for performing a chemical synthesis on a chemical synthesizer, the chemical synthesizer comprising an automated chemical reactor, a communication module, and a control module, wherein the control module is connected to the automated chemical reactor and the communication module, and the method comprises:

• receiving, in the control module using the communication module, a recipe message from a blockchain platform, the recipe message comprising an encrypted chemical synthesis recipe;
• decrypting, in the control module, the encrypted chemical synthesis recipe using a cryptographic key;
• and
• performing, in the automated chemical reactor, the chemical synthesis according to the chemical synthesis recipe.

A method for providing, by a source chemical synthesizer, a chemical synthesis recipe, in particular for use by a peer chemical synthesizer, the method comprising:

• performing, in the source chemical synthesizer comprising an automated chemical reactor, an analytics module, a communication module, and a control module, a chemical synthesis in the automated chemical reactor according to a predefined chemical synthesis recipe;
• analyzing, in the source chemical synthesizer, reaction products of the chemical synthesis using the analytics module and generating, in the analytics module, reaction product data based on the analyzed reaction products;
• receiving and recording, in the source chemical synthesizer, reaction product data from the analytics module;
• encrypting, in the control module, the chemical synthesis recipe using a cryptographic key;
• generating, in the control module, a reaction report message comprising the reaction product data;
• and
• transmitting, using the communication module, the reaction report message and the encrypted chemical synthesis recipe to a blockchain platform, in particular for use by the peer chemical synthesizer.

A chemical synthesizer comprising an automated chemical reactor, a communication module and a control module, wherein the control module is connected to the automated chemical reactor and the communication module, and the control module is configured to:

• receive, using the communication module, a recipe message from a blockchain platform, the recipe message comprising an encrypted chemical synthesis recipe;
• decrypt the encrypted chemical synthesis recipe using a cryptographic key securely stored in the control module;
• and
• perform, using the automated chemical reactor, the chemical synthesis according to the chemical synthesis recipe.