The products Command

The products command displays a list of reactions that are possible using the molecules passed as arguments. Essentially, it means: "show the products I can obtain using these molecules together, assuming I might need one additional component."

In this overview, I’ll be using the example Mol document from earlier sections. Your output may differ if you import more data.

Here’s an example for water:

mol products H2O

Output:

[NH3, H2O] -> OH
[H2O, NH3] -> NH4
[H2O, Na] -> H2
[H2O, Na] -> NaOH
[H2O, K] -> H2
[H2O, K] -> KOH

Here’s another example for sodium:

mol products Na

Output:

[H2O, Na] -> H2
[H2O, Na] -> NaOH
[Cl2, Na] -> NaCl

Some of these reactions also involve water. Let’s try querying the products that can be made from both water and sodium:

mol products Na H2O

Output:

[H2O, Na] -> H2
[H2O, Na] -> NaOH

As you can see, the products command only returns reactions that involve all of the molecules passed as arguments (in this case, H2O and Na). If there were a reaction involving three reactants like H2O + Na + x -> ..., it would also be listed.