Atomic 'quantum entanglement' to mass produce a molecule non-formulaicly

[Nagelfar]

This is just a thought I had, and wonder if the future has something like this to yield. Certain complex chemicals require too much to go right to be easily made via traditional chemistry, certain temperatures at certain times in the process, rare precursors, reagents, complex bio-synthetic steps.

If all the proper atomic constituents can be "entangled" quantumly (the overall needed electrons, protons etc., for the batch), I wonder if spacial re-arrangement of all could be achieved by simply altering the stationary spin of one 'master atom', and building a complex drug with otherwise poor yields by proxy in a manner that gives perfect yield?

 

[nuke]

AFAIK quantum chemistry has yet to have any useful, practical application at all to organic synthesis

 

[mgrady3]

so how do you propose to "entangle" all the constituents of even the most basic compound to try and synthesize.
Assume you can 'entangle' the needed constituents, then what?

Quantum entanglement isn't some magic wand which will let you simply flip the spin of one atom (easily doable) and have that event magically put all your constituents into the correct spatial arrangement and form the molecule you'd like. Sorry to rain on your parade, it just doesn't work that way. Our technology in this field is no where close to being able to do what you suggest.

I don't claim to be all that knowledgeable in this field, but I am a physicist, and I work in condensed matter physics; a field closely related to quantum chemistry.

nuke's post put it about as simple as you can get

 

[CandidChemist]

and what's so bad about traditional chemistry? I've used it to make all kinds of complicated molecules.

I think Q-chem would have a long, long way to go before surpassing organic synthesis' current state-of-the-art ability to make complex molecules.

 

[sekio]

This is wishy wasy pseudoscience at it's finest.

Quantum entanglement isn't some magic wand which will let you simply flip the spin of one atom (easily doable) and have that event magically put all your constituents into the correct spatial arrangement and form the molecule you'd like. Sorry to rain on your parade, it just doesn't work that way. Our technology in this field is no where close to being able to do what you suggest?

This echoes my sentiments exactly.

 

[mysticgreen]

AFAIK quantum chemistry has yet to have any useful, practical application at all to organic synthesis

this brief overview http://www.princeton.edu/chemistry/macmillan/group-meetings/DEC_tunneling.pdf suggests that at least quantum tunneling plays a role in some reaction mechanisms. but you probably already included this in your statement about "usefulness"

 

[Epsilon Alpha]

if you could do this period you'd win 2 or 3 Nobel prizes no questions asked