How to turn a procedure into steps

Choose Insert › Procedure to steps and paste the experimental paragraph. Each step is listed with its action, reagent, amounts and conditions; place it as a timeline or a flowchart.

Steps

  1. Choose Main menu › Insert › Procedure to steps.

  2. Paste the experimental paragraph, or press Try it with a sodium borohydride reduction.

  3. Each step is listed with its action (Dissolve, Cool, Add, Stir, Quench …), what it acts on, the amounts and the conditions.

    A sodium borohydride reduction read into 10 steps, from Dissolve to Concentrate.A sodium borohydride reduction read into 10 steps, from Dissolve to Concentrate.

  4. Press Place as a timeline or Place as a flowchart to put it on the page, or Copy the list.

Hover a step to see the sentence it came from.

Note

The paragraph is read by rules on this device, not by a model, so it never invents a reagent.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026