According to one embodiment, a computer program product for performing chemical textual analysis comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising identifying a textual document, utilizing the processor, determining chemical data within the textual document, utilizing the processor, performing an analysis of the chemical data to identify a chemical pathway, utilizing the processor, and calculating a probability score for the chemical pathway, utilizing the processor.