Connection between Taylor and strange expansion?

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Background

Consider the following representation of a function:

$$ f(x) = a_0 + a_1 e^{x} + a_2 e^{x^2} + a_3 e^{x^3} + \dots $$

Then,

$$f(0) = \sum_{i} a_i$$

Similarly,

$$ f'(x) = a_1 e^x + 2 a_2 x e^{x^2} + 3 a_3 x^2 e^{x^3} + \dots $$

$$\implies f'(0) = a_1$$

Or upon, again differentiating the equation we could have got:

$$ f''(x) = a_1 e^x + 2a_2 e^{x^2} + 4 a_2 x^2 e^{x^2} + \dots$$

Again, putting $x = 0$:

$$ f''(0) = a_1 + 2a_2 $$

Question

Is there some nice formula for $f'' ^n (0) $ ?