# Distillation, Self-Training, and the Fragility of Learned Chemical Reasoning

**Published:** October 20, 2026
**Author:** Anagha Aneesh, Sebastian Ibarraran, Frank Hu, Jason Liu, Grant Rotskoff
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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arXiv:2610.24199v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automating synthesis planning for small-molecule drug design requires chemical reasoners that are accurate as well as open to inspection and adaptation, yet frontier language models remain unreliable at predicting reaction outcomes…

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