Introduction to Structure Searching with SciFinder Scholar

Damon D. Ridley
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia
J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (4), p 559
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p559
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001
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Abstract

CAS Registry Numbers provide a key to searching for chemical substances in CAS databases, and the challenge is to obtain the Registry Numbers for all the substances required. When the substances can be represented by structures, then one option is to find the Registry Numbers through structure searches. With SciFinder Scholar, the process of drawing and searching structures is intuitive; however, there are underlying issues and opportunities that need some explanation in courses on chemical information retrieval.We describe here our introductory course, which addresses the major ones.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Chemical Education Research

Keywords (Feature):

Chemical Information Instructor

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning
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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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