Intellectual property is an exclusive right with personal rights and property rights.
The formula itself exists. You are only the discoverer, not the creator, so you can't monopolize it and exclude others from using it.
Article 5 of the Copyright Law does not apply to the objects protected by this Law: …… (3) Calendar, summary table, summary table and formula.
Article 25 of the Patent Law: (1) Scientific Discovery; (2) rules and methods of intellectual activities ...
Unless you creatively apply this formula to solve a technical problem and make it a part of the technical scheme, then your technical scheme can be protected by patent right.
To sum up, all you can do is publish an article and tell the world: "I found this!" " "Then your name will be remembered as the discoverer.