We have sought for this extra stuff, the soul if you will, forever. The soul has alternatively been thought to reside in the heart, liver, brain, and lungs.
Chemistry is divided into organic and inorganic because it was thought that the stuff of life, organic stuff, had something extra. Now it’s clear that, at least for chemicals, there is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic stuff. Chemistry has no soul.
If there is something extra it’s hiding pretty well. Maybe the hunt for AI will discover it.