3D-Circle/CHEMaths

Legacy equation balancer considers one valid reaction as 2 reactions

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Pyxidatol-C commented

Overview

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How to reproduce

link: https://chemaths.herokuapp.com/?mode=equation&Input=C_7H_6O_3%2BC_4H_6O_3%5Crightarrow%20C_9H_8O_4%2BC_2H_4O_2&inputs=%7B%22masses%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22moles%22%3A%5B%5D%7D

Details

The synthesis equation of acetylsalicylic acid (aka aspirin, C9H8O4) through by reacting salicylic acid (C7H6O3) with ethanoic anhydride (C4H6O3) should be perfectly valid; yet CHEMaths clearly thinks it consists of 2 separate reactions.

Pyxidatol-C commented

we have to leave some work to our users n'est-ce pas 😈