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In the mid-19th century, chemists became increasingly involved in the synthesis of chemical products, whether natural or synthetic, and their work established much of the framework within which chemistry is understood today.

In the early 2000s, process chemistry began to emerging as a distinct field of synthetic chemistry, focused on bringing chemical synthesis to an industrial level and finding ways to make these processes more efficient, safer and environmentally responsible.