Brandon Zhang :)

For myself, I didn’t even know what computational chemistry was until one day when I was reading an organic chemistry book and it mentioned computational chemistry. I then discovered how computational chemistry makes synthesizing molecules much more efficient which prompted me to research more about the subject. That led me to finding this TEDx video about computational chemistry and it’s potential impact for the future.

Sarah Su explains how computational chemistry can save dozens of weeks for chemists by using computer models that eliminate compounds that will turn out to be unsuccessful. She also explains various computational chemistry methods such as Density functional theory (DFT) and Molecular docking help speed up the process and make computational chemistry more simpler. She then explains how she used it to reduce some 400 compounds to only 2 compounds when trying to find potential inhibitors. She then concludes that computational chemistry not only benefits medical practices but also makes it more accessible to others.