{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T08:38:50Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 18.7, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094c3-e01b-7e43-a612-0bb57bab5add\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: chloroformate\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.MAT\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 043: 1001 r", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 71.3, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094c3-e02c-7901-9da0-83b63068c2b1\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: chloroformate\nRegistry id: vr.tr.chloroformate\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.MAT\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T11:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T08:01:30+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:29+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q2746231", "registryId": "vr.tr.chloroformate", "name": "chloroformate", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.MAT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2746231/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.chloroformate", "name": "chloroformate", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a chloroformate, resolve its specific chemical identity and condition, and assess whether a proposed use is supported by substance-specific evidence.", "definition": "A chloroformate is an ester of chloroformic acid with the general structure R-O-C(=O)-Cl, combining an organic oxy group with a reactive carbonyl chloride group.", "scope_statement": "This model owns vr.tr.chloroformate in PHY.MAT, provisionally interpreted as the chemical class containing the R-O-C(=O)-Cl group, with member-specific composition, properties, condition and use constraints; it does not assign one substance identifier or hazard profile to the entire class.", "in_scope": [ "Chloroformate functional-group identity, organic substituent and number of chloroformate groups", "Specific member identities and their verified chemical identifiers", "Purity, grade, formulation and degradation state of material samples", "Physical properties under stated measurement conditions", "Member-specific reactivity, hazards, compatibility and regulatory constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Manufacturing routes, plant operation and reaction procedures", "Finished products containing or made using chloroformates", "Carbonates, carbamates and other reaction products as independently modelled substances", "Storage equipment, ventilation systems and protective equipment as objects", "Clinical treatment of exposure and organisational emergency-response procedures" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Require the connectivity R-O-C(=O)-Cl, with chlorine attached directly to the carbonyl carbon; methyl chloroformate provides a documented member example. [PubChem](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6586)", "Distinguish a chloroformate from an ordinary carboxylic acid chloride by the oxygen between the organic substituent and carbonyl carbon.", "Distinguish a chloroformate from a carbonate ester by the carbonyl-bound chlorine in place of a second ester oxygen substituent.", "Do not identify chloroform, a chloroacetate or an unrelated chlorinated ester as a chloroformate solely because its name or formula contains chlorine.", "Resolve the organic substituent before assigning identifiers: methyl and ethyl chloroformate are separately identified substances. [Methyl chloroformate](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6586), [ethyl chloroformate](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10928)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Chloroformate connectivity and functionality", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Verified structural representation; number of -O-C(=O)-Cl groups per molecule", "why_it_matters": "Establishes class membership and distinguishes monofunctional from multifunctional members." }, { "name": "Organic substituent identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Explicit structure and attachment position of each R group", "why_it_matters": "Determines which member's properties, identifiers and compatibility evidence apply." }, { "name": "Resolved substance identifiers", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Verified member-specific CAS number, PubChem CID, EC number and structure identifier, where available", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a class label or a similar name from being mistaken for a specific regulatory substance." }, { "name": "Assay and formulation", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Purity in mass % or explicitly identified assay basis; solution concentration in mol/L or mass %", "why_it_matters": "Separates active chloroformate content from solvent, additives and impurities." }, { "name": "Water and degradation indicators", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Water in mg/kg; identified degradation products in mass %; method and sampling date", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of whether the material retains its specified identity and quality." }, { "name": "Physical state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Solid, liquid, gas or solution at stated temperature in °C and pressure in kPa", "why_it_matters": "Avoids treating all chloroformate members or formulations as physically equivalent." }, { "name": "Thermophysical properties", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Melting and boiling points in °C; boiling pressure in kPa; density in g/mL; vapour pressure in kPa at stated temperature", "why_it_matters": "Supports material identification and assessment of volatility and containment requirements." }, { "name": "Compatibility and stability status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Supported, incompatible or unresolved for a named contact material, reagent or storage condition", "why_it_matters": "Connects proposed handling to evidence for the exact member and formulation." }, { "name": "Hazard and regulatory applicability", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Applicable SDS, GHS classification, transport identity and exposure limits with jurisdiction, date and concentration basis", "why_it_matters": "Keeps decisions tied to current, substance-specific requirements." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate structure as a chloroformate and identify the member represented.", "Match a supplier lot to the correct structure, identifiers, certificate of analysis and SDS.", "Compare measured purity and condition with requirements for a proposed application.", "Retrieve member-specific physical properties and identify unsupported extrapolations.", "Screen proposed storage, transfer or chemical use against documented compatibility and hazard constraints." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report the hazard classification and safety data sheet information for a named compound.", "Track stock, storage conditions and expiry in a laboratory inventory it is authorized to manage." ], "must_not": [ "Assist anyone in making or using these compounds to harm people.", "Handle, open or transfer containers outside the controls the safety data sheet requires.", "Ship or store them in breach of dangerous goods and chemical control rules.", "Dispose of them into drains, waste bins or the environment." ], "requires_human": [ "Purchasing, transferring or disposing of stock.", "Responding to a spill or release." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Workers and bystanders bear the harm when reactive chemicals are mishandled.", "Dual-use chemicals call for lawful, accountable handling." ], "affected_parties": [ "Laboratory and plant workers", "Emergency responders", "People near storage sites" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The laboratory or company that holds the stock; chemical safety regulators set the rules.", "master_systems": [ "Chemical substance registers and inventories" ] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Toxic and corrosive exposure to workers.", "Release of harmful gases on contact with water or heat.", "Accidents during transport or storage." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Chloroformates occur as reactive intermediates in organic synthesis and chemical manufacturing.", "Specific members are used to introduce protecting groups or prepare carbonate and carbamate derivatives, with suitability depending on the organic substituent." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, provides a framework for substance-specific hazard classification and communication.", "The CLP Regulation, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, governs classification, labelling and packaging of chloroformates supplied within its scope." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "Chloroformates have no reliable visual features that distinguish their chemical class or individual identities from other substances." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2746231: chloroformate", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746231", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Chloroformate", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroformate", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "chloroformate-identity", "name": "Chloroformate identity", "description": "Resolve the functional group and the specific substance represented by the registry class.", "rationale": "A bare chloroformate label is insufficient to select identifiers, property values or use constraints.", "layers": [ { "id": "functional-group-boundary", "name": "Functional-group boundary", "description": "Establish membership through molecular connectivity.", "findings": [ { "id": "carbonochloridate-connectivity", "name": "Carbonochloridate connectivity", "description": "Require structural evidence for the proposed R-O-C(=O)-Cl class boundary.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the candidate structure contain an -O-C(=O)-Cl group, and what is attached to its non-carbonyl oxygen?", "kind": "definition", "id": "carbonochloridate-connectivity-q01" }, { "text": "Does the evidence instead identify a carbonate, carboxylic acid chloride, chloroacetate or another neighbouring class?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "carbonochloridate-connectivity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "member-resolution", "name": "Member resolution", "description": "Identify the organic substituent and map the resulting structure to authoritative records.", "findings": [ { "id": "substituent-and-identifiers", "name": "Substituent and identifiers", "description": "Resolve each member independently, retaining multifunctionality and relevant isomer distinctions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What organic substituent, isomeric form and number of chloroformate groups define this member?", "kind": "definition", "id": "substituent-and-identifiers-q01" }, { "text": "Which read sources link that exact structure to its CAS number, PubChem CID and EC number?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "substituent-and-identifiers-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chloroformate-material-quality", "name": "Chloroformate material quality", "description": "Describe the active material, formulation and evidence of changing composition.", "rationale": "An identified molecule does not establish the suitability of a supplied or aged sample.", "layers": [ { "id": "active-content-and-grade", "name": "Active content and grade", "description": "Separate chloroformate assay from the composition of its supplied formulation.", "findings": [ { "id": "assay-basis", "name": "Assay basis", "description": "Record how much of the resolved chloroformate is present and what else accompanies it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this neat chloroformate or a solution, and what solvent, additives and declared impurities are present?", "kind": "definition", "id": "assay-basis-q01" }, { "text": "What assay, concentration basis, method and uncertainty support the stated active content?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assay-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-over-time", "name": "Composition over time", "description": "Track evidence that storage or exposure has altered the material.", "findings": [ { "id": "moisture-and-degradation-evidence", "name": "Moisture and degradation evidence", "description": "Assess water content and member-specific degradation indicators without assuming one universal impurity profile.", "questions": [ { "text": "What measured water content and identified degradation products are reported for this lot?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "moisture-and-degradation-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What opening history, storage excursions and retest evidence bear on continued suitability?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "moisture-and-degradation-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Which documented acceptance criteria require retesting or rejecting the material for the proposed use?", "kind": "action", "id": "moisture-and-degradation-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chloroformate-physical-behaviour", "name": "Chloroformate physical behaviour", "description": "Attach phase and physical-property evidence to the resolved member and formulation.", "rationale": "The class name supplies no single melting point, boiling point or volatility.", "layers": [ { "id": "phase-and-transition-data", "name": "Phase and transition data", "description": "Record physical state and transitions under explicit conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditioned-phase-properties", "name": "Conditioned phase properties", "description": "Distinguish observations of a pure member from measurements on a formulation.", "questions": [ { "text": "What phase is observed at the stated temperature, pressure and formulation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-phase-properties-q01" }, { "text": "Which melting or boiling measurements apply, at what pressure, and was decomposition reported?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-phase-properties-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "volatility-and-transfer-properties", "name": "Volatility and transfer properties", "description": "Capture properties relevant to evaporation and material transfer.", "findings": [ { "id": "member-specific-volatility", "name": "Member-specific volatility", "description": "Require applicable density and vapour-pressure evidence rather than transferring values between members.", "questions": [ { "text": "What density and vapour-pressure values are available at relevant temperatures?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "member-specific-volatility-q01" }, { "text": "Were these values measured for this member and composition, or estimated from another material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "member-specific-volatility-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chloroformate-reactivity-and-use", "name": "Chloroformate reactivity and use", "description": "Relate the reactive group to supported chemical roles and compatibility limits.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish evidence for a useful transformation from evidence that a proposed contact is acceptable.", "layers": [ { "id": "functional-role", "name": "Functional role", "description": "Identify documented chemical roles for the particular chloroformate.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-transformation-role", "name": "Supported transformation role", "description": "Link intended use to member-specific evidence for carbonate formation, carbamate formation or another stated transformation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which source supports this member's proposed chemical role and identifies the group it contributes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-transformation-role-q01" }, { "text": "What substrate, selectivity and grade constraints limit transfer of that evidence to the intended application?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "supported-transformation-role-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reactive-contact-boundaries", "name": "Reactive contact boundaries", "description": "Record evidence about unintended contact and conditions affecting stability.", "findings": [ { "id": "contact-and-decomposition-constraints", "name": "Contact and decomposition constraints", "description": "Require documented compatibility for water, other chemicals and containment materials.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence describes this member's response to moisture, heat and contact with the proposed chemicals or container materials?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contact-and-decomposition-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Which reaction or decomposition products are established for the relevant conditions?", "kind": "definition", "id": "contact-and-decomposition-constraints-q02" }, { "text": "Does the documented compatibility evidence support the proposed contact, or require specialist review?", "kind": "action", "id": "contact-and-decomposition-constraints-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chloroformate-hazards-and-controls", "name": "Chloroformate hazards and controls", "description": "Resolve hazard evidence and applicable restrictions at substance and formulation level.", "rationale": "Class membership alone cannot establish a valid exposure limit, hazard classification or transport assignment.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-evidence", "name": "Hazard evidence", "description": "Assess documented health and physical hazards for the exact material.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-hazard-profile", "name": "Applicable hazard profile", "description": "Maintain traceable hazard evidence with explicit applicability limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current SDS and authoritative assessments match this chloroformate member and supplied concentration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-hazard-profile-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes inhalation, skin, eye, flammability and environmental hazards for that material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-hazard-profile-q02" }, { "text": "Which conclusions rely on read-across from another chloroformate, and what limits are stated?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "applicable-hazard-profile-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "jurisdiction-and-use-decision", "name": "Jurisdiction and use decision", "description": "Connect member-specific requirements to the intended handling context.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-limits-and-restrictions", "name": "Applicable limits and restrictions", "description": "Keep legal classifications, exposure criteria and handling decisions distinct and traceable.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which GHS implementation, transport classification and use restrictions apply in the relevant jurisdiction and on what date?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-limits-and-restrictions-q01" }, { "text": "What exposure limits exist, with units, averaging periods and status as occupational limits or emergency guidelines?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "applicable-limits-and-restrictions-q02" }, { "text": "Do the proposed storage and handling conditions satisfy the documented requirements for this member and formulation?", "kind": "action", "id": "applicable-limits-and-restrictions-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The unqualified registry name is interpreted as a compound class; confirm whether the entry instead denotes a particular derivative.", "Physical constants, purity specifications, exposure limits and hazard classifications require a specific compound identity.", "This description is recalled chemical knowledge; no sources were consulted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Alkyl chloroformates", "Aryl chloroformates", "Benzyl chloroformates" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Structural formula", "value_or_pattern": "R-O-C(=O)-Cl", "note": "R is an organic group; this identifies a compound class rather than a single substance." }, { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "Two to seven digits, hyphen, two digits, hyphen, one check digit", "note": "Individual chloroformates have separate substance identifiers; no single number should represent the whole class." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Introducing protecting groups onto amines in organic and peptide synthesis.", "Preparing carbamates by reaction with amines.", "Preparing carbonate esters by reaction with alcohols or phenols.", "Derivatizing analytes for chromatographic analysis." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Reaction with moisture or water can release hydrogen chloride and heat.", "Many members are corrosive or strongly irritating to the eyes, skin and respiratory tract.", "Some members present severe inhalation toxicity; hazard severity depends on the specific compound.", "Reactions with nucleophiles can be strongly exothermic.", "Thermal decomposition can generate hazardous gases." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Chemical inventory status, workplace exposure requirements and transport classifications must be checked for the individual compound in the relevant jurisdiction." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Chloroform", "difference": "Chloroform is CHCl3 and contains no oxygen or carbonyl group; it is not a chloroformate." }, { "name": "Carbonate ester", "difference": "A carbonate ester has two organic oxy groups attached to the carbonyl carbon, whereas a chloroformate has one organic oxy group and one chlorine." }, { "name": "Carbamate", "difference": "A carbamate has nitrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon where a chloroformate has chlorine." }, { "name": "Phosgene", "difference": "Phosgene is COCl2; replacing one of its chlorines with an organic oxy group gives the chloroformate structure." }, { "name": "Carboxylic acid chloride", "difference": "A carboxylic acid chloride has an organic group directly attached to the carbonyl carbon; a chloroformate has that group attached through oxygen." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of chloroformate this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry's originating record intend the organic chloroformate class, or a different specific entity under the singular label?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, requiring this entry to link to it?", "Should multifunctional compounds bearing chloroformate groups be direct members or related substances under the registry's intended granularity?", "Which member-specific analytical methods and degradation acceptance criteria are sufficiently supported for agent decisions?", "Which hazard conclusions permit documented read-across between members, and where must classification and exposure evidence remain strictly substance-specific?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 31 } }