In order to protect the developing science of modern chemistry from the negative censure to which alchemy was being subjected, academic writers during the 18th-century scientific Enlightenment attempted, for the sake of survival, to divorce and separate the "new" chemistry from the "old" practices of alchemy.
ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ tə pɹətˈɛkt ðə dɪvˈɛləpɪŋ sˈaɪəns ʌv mˈɑːdɚn kˈɛmɪstɹi fɹʌmðə nˈɛɡətˌɪv sˈɛnʃɚ tʊ wˌɪtʃ ˈælkəmi wʌz bˌiːɪŋ sˈʌbdʒɛktᵻd, ˌækədˈɛmɪk ɹˈaɪɾɚz dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi saɪəntˈɪfɪk ɛnlˈaɪʔn̩mənt ɐtˈɛmptᵻd, fɚðə sˈeɪk ʌv sɚvˈaɪvəl, tə dᵻvˈoːɹs ænd sˈɛpɹət ðə "nˈuː" kˈɛmɪstɹi fɹʌmðə "ˈoʊld" pɹˈæktɪsᵻz ʌv ˈælkəmi.