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Draw a target and Athanor’s Resolvere I model plans routes back to starting materials you can buy, with sourced hazards for every compound along the way. It runs in the same editor you draw in, with a free arbastro account.

An illustration of how it looks in the app. The real results are below.

Routes it found for common drugs

Each of these drugs can simply be bought, so the search’s first answer is to buy it. Shown here is its second: the first route that makes the drug, from compounds in stock.

paracetamol

1 step · score 0.67

  1. The structure CC(=O)OC(C)=Oin stockThe structure Nc1ccc(O)cc1in stockAmide couplingThe structure of paracetamol

    Step confidence 67%

lidocaine

1 step · score 0.78

  1. The structure CCNCCin stockThe structure Cc1cccc(C)c1NC(=O)CBrin stockN-alkylationThe structure of lidocaine

    Step confidence 78%

atenolol

1 step · score 0.85

  1. The structure CC(C)Nin stockThe structure NC(=O)Cc1ccc(OCC2CO2)cc1in stockThe structure of atenolol

    Step confidence 85%

propranolol

1 step · score 0.94

  1. The structure CC(C)Nin stockThe structure c1ccc2c(OCC3CO3)cccc2c1in stockThe structure of propranolol

    Step confidence 94%

omeprazole

2 steps · score 0.94

  1. Step 1

    The structure COc1c(C)cnc(CO)c1Cin stockThe structure COc1ccc2nc(S)[nH]c2c1in stockThe structure COc1ccc2[nH]c(SCc3ncc(C)c(OC)c3C)nc2c1

    Step confidence 99.9%

  2. Step 2

    The structure COc1ccc2[nH]c(SCc3ncc(C)c(OC)c3C)nc2c1in stockThe structure O=C(OO)c1cccc(Cl)c1in stockThe structure of omeprazole

    Step confidence 94%

sildenafil

4 steps · score 0.38

  1. Step 1

    The structure CCCc1nn(C)c(C(N)=O)c1Nin stockThe structure CCOc1ccccc1C(=O)Clin stockAmide couplingThe structure CCCc1nn(C)c(C(N)=O)c1NC(=O)c1ccccc1OCC

    Step confidence 69%

  2. Step 2

    The structure CCCc1nn(C)c(C(N)=O)c1NC(=O)c1ccccc1OCCin stockThe structure CCCc1nn(C)c2c(=O)[nH]c(-c3ccccc3OCC)nc12

    Step confidence 86%

  3. Step 3

    The structure CCCc1nn(C)c2c(=O)[nH]c(-c3ccccc3OCC)nc12in stockThe structure O=S(=O)(O)Clin stockThe structure CCCc1nn(C)c2c(=O)[nH]c(-c3cc(S(=O)(=O)Cl)ccc3OCC)nc12

    Step confidence 86%

  4. Step 4

    The structure CCCc1nn(C)c2c(=O)[nH]c(-c3cc(S(=O)(=O)Cl)ccc3OCC)nc12in stockThe structure CN1CCNCC1in stockSulfonamide formationThe structure of sildenafil

    Step confidence 74%

A step’s confidence is Resolvere’s for that disconnection, and a route’s score combines its steps; neither is a measured chance of success. Run on November 9, 2026 with Resolvere I 1.1 (search 1.1.0). Every structure on this page was screened against chemical weapons and controlled-substance lists before it was published.

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