"If scientists had used scientific theory to guide them, the pyridylamine catalysts would likely never have been discovered, " says Vincent Murphy, an organometallic chemist at Symyx.

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Weinberg and a group of 12 scientists from Dow and Symyx, some steeped in arcane specialties like organometallic chemistry, assembled a diverse array of molecules and metals plucked from Symyx's library of more than 5, 000 catalyst candidates.

FORBES: Upstart Symyx is shaking up the stodgy chemicals industry.