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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +sidebar_position: 7 |
| 3 | +title: Creating a synthesis experiment (chemistry) |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +This tutorial will show you how to use eLabFTW for registering chemistry experiments. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +:::note |
| 9 | +There might be several ways to approach this. We're just showing you one way to do it. |
| 10 | +::: |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## Creating a template |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +It is a good idea to start by creating an Experiment Template for Synthesis experiments. Before that, let's create an Experiment Category: "Synthesis". |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +### Add a category |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Go to "Experiments categories" page from the menu: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +<figure> |
| 21 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-exp-cat-menu.webp" alt="Experiment categories menu" /> |
| 22 | + <figcaption>Experiment categories menu</figcaption> |
| 23 | +</figure> |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +Click the "Create" button and add a category: "Synthesis". |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +<figure> |
| 28 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-create-category.webp" alt="Create experiment category" /> |
| 29 | + <figcaption>Create experiment category</figcaption> |
| 30 | +</figure> |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +### Add a template |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Next, go to "Experiments templates" page and create a new Experiment Template. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +<figure> |
| 37 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-exp-tpl-menu.webp" alt="Experiment template menu" /> |
| 38 | + <figcaption>Experiment template menu</figcaption> |
| 39 | +</figure> |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Name it "Basic synthesis" or something similar. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +<figure> |
| 45 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-create-tpl.webp" alt="Create experiment template" /> |
| 46 | + <figcaption>Create experiment template</figcaption> |
| 47 | +</figure> |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Set the Category to "Synthesis" by clicking the first "Not set" above the title. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +<figure> |
| 52 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-change-category.webp" alt="Set category" /> |
| 53 | + <figcaption>Set category</figcaption> |
| 54 | +</figure> |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Now use the Main Text and the Custom fields to describe what you expect to have in your experiment. You can have a table, you can have links to compounds, ask the user to log various parameters such as pH or temperature. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +<figure> |
| 59 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-custom-fields.webp" alt="Custom fields" /> |
| 60 | + <figcaption>Custom fields</figcaption> |
| 61 | +</figure> |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## Creating the experiment |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +Once you're satisfied with your template, create an experiment from that template. Click the "Create" button from the Experiments page, add a title and select the template: |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +<figure> |
| 68 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-create-from-template.webp" alt="Create experiment from template" /> |
| 69 | + <figcaption>Create experiment from template</figcaption> |
| 70 | +</figure> |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +Then fill the Custom fields and Main Text with information about the experiment. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +## Using the Structure Editor |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +From the Tools menu, select the "Chemical Structure Editor". |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +This editor allows you to draw a reaction. You can then save the reaction as RXN file and attach that file to your experiment (we're working on making this step easier without having to download the file). |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +<figure> |
| 82 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-editor.webp" alt="Chemical structure editor" /> |
| 83 | + <figcaption>Chemical structure editor</figcaption> |
| 84 | +</figure> |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +You can also export it in PNG so you can have the image in the Main text and display it from the main page by toggling the main content: |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +<figure> |
| 89 | + <img src="/img/tuto-syn-show.webp" alt="Listing reactions" /> |
| 90 | + <figcaption>Listing reactions</figcaption> |
| 91 | +</figure> |
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