Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry
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WikiProject for coverage of 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: Hydrolysis - Perfluorocycloalkene (needs general refs) - Hair conditioner - Water softening - Tarnish - crystal structure of ferrous acetate tetrahydrate
- Copyedit: Lacquer - Algaecide - Hydroxyl radical - Naturally occurring phenols
- 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 - 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) - 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) - Organouranium chemistry - Organolanthanide chemistry - 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 phosphinidine
- Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide - Ruthenium compounds - Rhenium compounds
- Article requests: 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 - Dihydronaphthalene (perhaps both 1,2 and 1,4-isomers) - 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) - *Potassium borohydride (currently a redirect to borohydride) - Tetrabutylammonium borohydride - Benzal bromide - 3-Chlorobenzaldehyde - 3-Methylbenzaldehyde - Methallyl bromide - Piperitol (terpenoid flavorant) - 1,2-Diamines (see leading refs in diamine)
- Accuracy disputes: Diazonium compound: "Phenyldiazonium chloride is dangerously explosive, but benzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate is easily handled on the bench." - 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)
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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
- 27 Jan 2026 - Zetex (fabric) (talk * edit * hist) was AfDed by FantasticWikiUser (t * c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 27 Jan 2026 - Olimunllum (talk * edit * hist) was AfDed by FantasticWikiUser (t * c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 27 Jan 2026 - SuperFabric (talk * edit * hist) was AfDed by FantasticWikiUser (t * c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 23 Jan 2026 - Pathatrix (talk * edit * hist) was AfDed by The Grid (t * c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 17 Jan 2026 - Chris DeArmitt (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by Dreamy Jazz (t * c) was closed as delete by ComplexRational (t * c) on 24 Jan 2026; see discussion (10 participants)
- 06 Jan 2026 - Anna Slater (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by CrashOverride848 (t * c) was closed; see discussion (2 participants)
- 05 Jan 2026 - QPNC-PAGE (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by Ghilt (t * c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t * c) on 20 Jan 2026; see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
- 02 Jan 2026 - Chris Cantelmo (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by Voorts (t * c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t * c) on 10 Jan 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
- 30 Dec 2025 - Laxminarayan L. Raja (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t * c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t * c) on 07 Jan 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
- 28 Dec 2025 - Valeriy Chernyshev (talk * edit * hist) AfDed by OrangeWaylon (t * c) was closed as delete by CactusWriter (t * c) on 04 Jan 2026; see discussion (2 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 29 Dec 2025 - Laxminarayan L. Raja (talk * edit * hist) PRODed by Ldm1954 (t * c) was deproded by ~2025-43933-67 (t * c) on 30 Dec 2025
- 29 Dec 2025 - Chris Cantelmo (talk * edit * hist) PRODed by Voorts (t * c) was deproded by AFeatherlessBipehead (t * c) (author) on 02 Jan 2026
- 23 Nov 2025 - Ejection charge (talk * edit * hist) PRODed by Butlerblog (t * c) was deproded by Ldm1954 (t * c) on 29 Nov 2025
Categories for discussion
- 28 Jan 2026 - Category:Draft articles on chemistry (talk * edit * hist) was CfDed by Mclay1 (t * c); see discussion
- 17 Jan 2026 - Category:Fertilizer companies of Ukraine (talk * edit * hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t * c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Dec 2025 - Category:Natural products by elemental composition (talk * edit * hist) CfDed by The Nth User (t * c) was closed; see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 21 Jan 2026 - Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-top-image (talk * edit * hist) was TfDed by Jonesey95 (t * c); see discussion
- 02 Nov 2025 - Template:Sub2 (talk * edit * hist) TfDed by DMacks (t * c) was closed; see discussion
Files for discussion
- 14 Jan 2026 - File:Lawrence Compton Bush Conant Compton Loomis 83d40m March 1940 meeting UCB.JPG (talk * edit * hist) (on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) was FfDed by Widgetkid (t * c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 26 Jan 2026 - Manhattan Project feed materials program (talk * edit * hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t * c); see discussion
A-Class review
- undated - Savannah River Site (talk * edit * hist) was put up for A-Class review
Good article reassessments
- 22 Nov 2025 - Amino acid (talk * edit * hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t * c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 15 Jan 2026 - U.S. history of tobacco minimum purchase age by state (talk * edit * hist) move request to History of tobacco minimum purchase age by U.S. jurisdiction by CookieMonster755 (t * c) was moved to History of tobacco minimum purchase age by U.S. jurisdiction (talk * edit * hist) by LuniZunie (t * c) on 30 Jan 2026; see discussion
- 04 Dec 2025 - Substance (chemistry) (talk * edit * hist) move request to Substance by K7V (t * c) was not moved; see discussion
- 27 Nov 2025 - Filter dryer (talk * edit * hist) move request to Filter drier by BilltheBison (t * c) was closed; see discussion
- 12 Nov 2025 - Discovery of chemical elements (talk * edit * hist) move request to Timeline of chemical element discoveries by Uwsi (t * c) was moved to Timeline of chemical element discoveries (talk * edit * hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t * c) on 24 Nov 2025; see discussion
- 12 Nov 2025 - Mirror life (talk * edit * hist) move request to Mirror-image life by Raskimsakira (t * c) was moved to Mirror-image life (talk * edit * hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t * c) on 18 Nov 2025; see discussion
- 06 Nov 2025 - COLUMBUS (talk * edit * hist) move request to Columbus (software) by BarrelProof (t * c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 27 Jan 2026 - Organogold chemistry (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Gold catalysis by Smokefoot (t * c); see discussion
- 27 Jan 2026 - Heterogeneous gold catalysis (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Gold catalysis by Smokefoot (t * c); see discussion
- 19 Jan 2026 - Commodity plastics (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Plastic by Smokefoot (t * c); see discussion
- 03 Jan 2026 - Chemical structure (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Structural chemistry by Smokefoot (t * c); see discussion
- 16 Dec 2025 - Colorimetry (chemical method) (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Colorimetric analysis by Mdewman6 (t * c); see discussion
- 25 Nov 2025 - Peroxyacyl nitrates (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Peroxyacetyl nitrate by Zbush25 (t * c); see discussion
- 14 Nov 2025 - Industrial dye degradation (talk * edit * hist) is proposed for merging to Dye by Smokefoot (t * c); see discussion
- 12 Nov 2025 - Synzyme (talk * edit * hist) proposed for merging to Artificial enzyme by IndrasBet (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
- 26 Dec 2025 - Aroma compound (talk * edit * hist) proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t * c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- 01 Feb 2026 - Draft:Devil's toothpaste (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Globetrotter30 (t * c)
- 29 Jan 2026 - Draft:Francesco Paesani (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Miniland1333 (t * c)
- 22 Jan 2026 - Draft:Yudomski event (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Phlogiston Enthusiast (t * c)
- 13 Jan 2026 - Draft:Nicola Maggi (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-25976-4 (t * c)
- 12 Jan 2026 - Draft:Andrew M. Rappe (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yubo Qi (t * c)
- 12 Jan 2026 - Draft:Narcis Avarvari (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Si Yue Shuo Ri Shuo Liang (t * c)
- 12 Jan 2026 - Draft:Sean F. Brady (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2025-43659-05 (t * c)
- 05 Jan 2026 - Draft:Andrei Frost (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC by Studchemist11 (t * c)
- undated - Draft:E. Bhoje Gowd (talk * edit * hist) has been submitted for AfC
- 23 Jan 2026 - Draft:Vadim Kessler (talk * edit * hist) submitted for AfC by Sevostyanov.S (t * c) was declined by WeirdNAnnoyed (t * c) on 28 Jan 2026
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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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