Chemistry Intelligence Platform

The AI chemist that knows everything.

Dalton is the world's most complete formulation intelligence for paints, coatings & cosmetics — built to think at the molecular level, respond at industry speed, and replace an entire R&D reference library.

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20+ Specialist Tools
500+ Raw Materials Referenced
2 Industries Mastered
100% Production-Ready Output

Your complete chemistry intelligence

Dalton is not a chatbot with some chemistry knowledge. It is a purpose-built formulation intelligence — combining 40+ years of synthesised industrial expertise with real-time AI reasoning, structured workflows, and an encyclopaedic raw material library.

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Thinks at the molecular level PVC/CPVC theory, HLB calculations, rheology mechanics, emulsion stability — all reasoned from first principles.
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Generates production-ready formulas Every formula totals 100%, includes INCI names, phases, manufacturing steps, and a mass balance confirmation.
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Knows your raw materials A verified encyclopaedia of 500+ ingredients from Evonik, BYK, Croda, BASF, Lubrizol, and dozens more.
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Built for compliance EU Cosmetics Regulation, FDA, REACH, ISO standards — Dalton flags regulatory limits as it formulates.
dalton — formulation engine
dalton> generate moisturizing cream SPF 30
// Analysing request...

Phase A (Water) ————————————
Water (Aqua) q.s. 100%
Glycerin 5.00%
Sodium Hyaluronate 0.10%
Carbopol Ultrez 10 0.30%

Phase B (Oil) —————————————
Crodamol GTCC 6.00%
Cetearyl Alcohol 3.00%
Emulgin B2 (HLB 15.7) 2.50%
Tinosorb S (UVA+UVB) 3.00%
Avobenzone 2.50%

Phase C (Cooldown) ————————
Phenoxyethanol 0.80%
Niacinamide 4.00%

✓ Total: 100.00% | pH target: 5.5–6.0
✓ SPF est. 32 | Mass balance: CLOSED
✓ EU Reg. 1223/2009: all limits clear

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Everything a formulation chemist needs

From first brief to production batch — Dalton handles every step of the formulation workflow.

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Formula Generation
Describe what you need — product type, target market, budget — and receive a complete, phase-organised formula that totals 100%, with INCI names, manufacturing steps, and stability notes.
Core Feature
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Defect Troubleshooting
A systematic diagnostic tree covering 30+ defects — cratering, sagging, emulsion breaking, colour drift, adhesion failure — with root cause analysis ranked by probability and corrective actions.
AI-Powered
Molecule Explorer
Look up any compound by name, SMILES, or CAS number. Renders 2D structural diagrams via RDKit, pulls live data from PubChem, and explains functional chemistry in full.
RDKit + PubChem
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Retrosynthesis Planner
Input a target molecule and receive a complete retrosynthetic analysis — disconnection strategies, reagents, conditions, and alternative routes ordered by commercial feasibility.
Advanced
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Formula Library
Save, version, share, and export every formula. Full version history with change notes. Export to PDF or Excel. Team-shared or private. Built on Supabase with 21 CFR Part 11 audit trail.
Cloud Sync
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Knowledge Base (RAG)
Upload your own TDS, SDS, COA, or specification documents. Dalton reads them and uses them when formulating — so your proprietary raw material data becomes part of its reasoning.
RAG Engine
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Formulation Copilot
A real-time AI assistant that watches your formula as you build it — flagging stability risks, pH concerns, regulatory issues, and optimisation opportunities automatically.
Real-time
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Regulatory Intelligence
EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, FDA, REACH, EU Biocidal Products Regulation — Dalton knows every permitted list, every concentration limit, every restricted substance.
Compliance
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Team Workspaces
Invite your R&D team. Share formulas, documents, and knowledge across members. Role-based access (owner / admin / member). Every action logged in a tamper-evident audit trail.
Collaboration

Two industries. Total mastery.

Dalton carries decades of synthesised expertise in both disciplines — not generic chemistry knowledge, but the specific, applied, production-floor intelligence that separates an expert from a reference book.

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Paints & Coatings

From waterborne architectural emulsions to two-pack industrial epoxies — Dalton formulates, troubleshoots, and optimises across every coating technology.

  • PVC/CPVC theory, hiding power, film formation
  • Alkyd, acrylic, epoxy, PU, UV-cure binder systems
  • Architectural, industrial, marine, automotive, protective
  • Anticorrosion primers, zinc-rich, MIO systems
  • Rheology design (KU, ICI, yield point, sag resistance)
  • Colour science: ΔE, metamerism, tinting systems
  • ASTM/ISO testing standards and compliance
  • VOC calculations, EU Directive 2004/42/EC
Cosmetics & Personal Care

Emulsions, serums, sunscreens, colour cosmetics, hair care — formulated with full regulatory awareness, evidence-based actives, and preservation science.

  • O/W, W/O, W/S emulsion design with HLB calculations
  • Preservative systems with EU Annex V compliance
  • UV filter chemistry, SPF testing (ISO 24444)
  • Actives: retinol, Vitamin C, niacinamide, AHAs/BHAs
  • Hair care: shampoo, conditioner, treatment formulation
  • Colour cosmetics: foundation, lipstick, mascara
  • EU Reg. 1223/2009, FDA MoCRA, ISO 22716 GMP
  • INCI naming, safety assessment guidance

From brief to formula in minutes

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Describe your product
Tell Dalton what you need — product type, target application, budget constraints, target markets, regulatory region.
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AI formulates
Dalton reasons from first principles — binder selection, PVC calculation, HLB balance, regulatory check — and generates a complete formula.
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Refine & build
Load into the Formula Builder, adjust percentages, run mass balance checks, get real-time Copilot feedback as you iterate.
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Export & share
Export to PDF or Excel, save to your Formula Library, share with your team. Full audit trail automatically recorded.

Everything in one platform

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Formula Builder
Build formulas row-by-row with live PVC, cost & mass balance
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Client Brief
Fill a brief and generate a complete formula automatically
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Synthesis Planner
Plan multi-step synthesis routes with conditions and yields
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Retrosynthesis
Disconnection analysis for any target molecule
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Copilot
Real-time AI feedback on your formula as you build
Molecule Explorer
2D structure rendering, properties, and chemistry
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PubChem Lookup
Live compound data from the NIH PubChem database
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Mass Balance
Verify formula closure and catch percentage errors
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Vision AI
Upload images — Dalton analyses defects and structures
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Troubleshoot
Guided defect diagnosis across 30+ paint and cosmetic defects
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SDS / TDS / CoA
Generate safety data sheets and technical documents
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TDS Reader
Upload any TDS and extract formulation-relevant data
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Lab Report
Structure and write lab reports from raw test data
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Regulatory AI
EU, FDA, REACH compliance checking and guidance
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Calculator
PVC, cost, dilution, unit conversion — all in one tool
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Formula Library
Cloud-synced formula storage with versioning and export
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Knowledge Base
Upload your documents — Dalton uses them when formulating
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Factory Memory
Dalton remembers your preferences and past formulations
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Raw Materials DB
500+ verified ingredients with full technical data
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Team Workspace
Collaborate with your R&D team, shared formulas & audit log
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Built for every level of chemistry expertise

From the factory floor to the lecture hall — Dalton adapts its depth, language, and output to exactly who is asking.

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Industrial Formulators
R&D chemists, production managers, and technical sales teams in paints, coatings, and cosmetics. Dalton replaces hours of datasheet hunting, troubleshoots batch failures in real time, and generates production-ready formulas with one prompt.
Primary Audience
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University Students
Undergraduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and pharmacy. Dalton explains mechanisms, works through problems step-by-step, and teaches at the level of the student — from first-year fundamentals to PhD-level synthesis.
Education
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Researchers & Scientists
Academic researchers, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral scientists. Dalton supports retrosynthetic analysis, reaction mechanism elucidation, spectroscopic interpretation, literature-level thermodynamic calculations, and cross-domain reasoning across every branch of chemistry.
Research
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Professors & Educators
University lecturers and professors who need a reliable, instantly accessible chemistry reference. Dalton can explain quantum mechanics, derive equations, generate problem sets, check student answers, and translate complex theory into clear teaching material at any level.
Teaching
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Propulsion & Defence Engineers
Engineers working in solid and liquid rocket propellants, energetic materials, and aerospace chemistry. Dalton carries a complete master reference for HTPB, AP, ammonium dinitramide, burn rate catalysts, Isp calculations, and CMDB formulation — at the level of a world-class propulsion chemist.
Advanced
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Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Scientists in drug formulation, excipient science, pharmacokinetics, and biochemistry. Dalton understands enzyme kinetics, ADME, metabolic pathways, polymer matrix drug delivery, and regulatory frameworks across ICH, FDA, and EMA guidelines.
Life Sciences

Every field of chemistry.
Without exception.

Dalton is not a narrow specialist. It is a complete chemistry intelligence — the full canon of every discipline, compressed into a single mind.

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Featured Domain
Rocket & Missile Propulsion Chemistry
Dalton holds a complete Tier-1 master reference for propulsion chemistry — covering solid composite propellants (HTPB/AP/Al), double-base and CMDB formulations, liquid bipropellants (LOX/LH2, N2O4/UDMH), energetic binders (GAP, nitrocellulose), oxidiser chemistry (ammonium perchlorate, ADN, HMX, RDX), burn rate catalysts (ferrocene derivatives, Fe₂O₃, Cu₂Cr₂O₅), Isp and characteristic velocity calculations, Vieille's law, grain geometry, and ballistic modifier science. It understands the full performance trade-offs between Isp, density, smoke signature, and mechanical properties — at the level of an aerospace propulsion engineer.
HTPB · PBAN · GAP Binders AP · ADN · HMX Oxidisers Isp & c* Calculations Burn Rate & Vieille's Law Liquid Bipropellants Grain Geometry & Ballistics
⚛️Organic Chemistry

Named reactions, mechanisms, retrosynthesis, stereochemistry, total synthesis

🔩Inorganic Chemistry

Coordination chemistry, crystal field theory, metal complexes, solid-state

Physical Chemistry

Thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, spectroscopy

🧬Biochemistry

Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, proteins, nucleic acids, cell signalling

🧲Polymer Chemistry

Polymerisation mechanisms, MW distribution, rheology, glass transition, crosslinking

💊Medicinal Chemistry

Drug design, SAR, ADME, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, target binding

🔬Analytical Chemistry

NMR, MS, HPLC, IR/Raman, XRD, GC, ICP — every major technique

💻Computational Chemistry

DFT, molecular dynamics, force fields, QM/MM, docking, QSAR

☢️Nuclear & Radiochemistry

Fission/fusion, decay chains, reactor chemistry, isotope production, radiation safety

🌿Green Chemistry

12 principles, atom economy, solvent selection, sustainable synthesis, E-factor

🌍Environmental Chemistry

Atmospheric reactions, pollutant fate, remediation, ecotoxicology, REACH

🍕Food Chemistry

Maillard reaction, emulsification, preservation, additives, nutritional biochemistry

🌌Astrochemistry

Interstellar molecules, stellar nucleosynthesis, planetary chemistry, meteorite composition

⚗️Industrial Chemistry

Haber-Bosch, cracking, refining, chlor-alkali, large-scale process design

🔋Electrochemistry

Nernst equation, corrosion, batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis, CVs

🔭Materials Science

Nanomaterials, thin films, semiconductors, composites, surface chemistry, catalysis

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Every R&D chemist in the paints and cosmetics industry should have Dalton open in one tab at all times. It is not a tool — it is a colleague who never sleeps, never forgets, and never hedges.
Abdullah El Zein, Creator of Dalton

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