My miniscule understanding of DNA is that it's much more than just a bunch of finely arranged chemicals/biological or organic matter.

It's actually a language and is generally dealt with as a language, not as a chemical sequence or arrangement. Language interpreters and decoders are hired to work on projects involving DNA research.

If it were a matter of simply putting all the right chemicals/organic matter is a pot and stirring... you still would not get working DNA because of the intricacies that are involved in the language that the sequences define.

which is why scientists have been thus far unable to create viable life even with all the right chemicals on hand.

DNA is not merely a chemical reaction. It's a language very foreign to mankind.