Computer Systems for Chemical Research

✍ Scribed by Dr. Engelbert Ziegler; Dr. Dieter Henneberg; Dr. Gerhard Schomburg

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 960 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.197203481

✦ Synopsis

all the demands to be made of the computer in "off-line" and "on-line" operation and finally contacted numerous computer manufacturers. It was soon apparent that one of the manufacturers was able to satisfy the special needs of "on-line" operation at a reasonable price. The decision for this system was made by the members of the committee and the purchase was financed by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and, supplementarily, out of the resources of the Institute.

Experience gained with the system since 1968 is described in the following reports from the standpoints of the different groups. The preparative chemist, even though he himself is least direcrly involved, usually benefits from the advantages of the system. Accordingly, the secondary field defined above was developed further. There are good prospects that the new system will benefit the primary field not only indirectly but directly if it is possible to link the computer with an analytical system (i. e., a gas chromatograph) and reactor to control the reaction process. Such a mode of operation would extend the available laboratory techniques. In the Miilheim Institute the first attempts of this kind have already been successful.

For the theoretician, on the other hand, direct access to a computer installation is absolutely essential for fruitful work.