Reaxys

Sample Search for Chemistry 130

Grace Baysinger and Dr. Dave Keller

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Reaxys Database DescriptionAvailable via the web, Reaxys contains an extensive repository of experimentally validated data that chemists need including structures, reactions (including multi-step reactions) and physical properties.

Reaxys was formed by the merger of three databases: Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry, Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, and the Chemistry Patent database.

An unlimited number of people can use Reaxys at a time.

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Reaxys - Default Search Tab is Reactions

To do a CAS RN search, Click on Substances and

Properties tab

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Reaxys – Searching for CAS RN

Click on the plus signfor Substance Data

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Reaxys – Searching for CAS RN

Next, click on plus sign to view options in Identification

Data

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Search CAS Registry Number

Enter CAS Registry Number (retain hyphens) and press

Search button.

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Reaxys – Summary Search Results

4 Substances Found. Can display in Grid, Table, or Citations format. Table includes Chemical Name.

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Reaxys – Table View of Results

The structure and chemical name match the CAS RN that

we searched. Review Available Data and click on

area of interest (e.g. spectra).

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Reaxys Results – Data Available –Spectra

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Reaxys NMR Spectroscopy Data

Click on Title/Abstract to verify if focus of article matches your needs.

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Reaxys – Viewing Title/AbstractResearch in the latest articles may be aimed

at advanced researchers rather than

students.

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Reaxys – View Oldest Results

Oldest entries are listed last in a section of

available data. Earliest papers often contain

enough detail to characterize a compound,

including spectral data.

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Reaxys – Viewing Full-text

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Reaxys – JACS Article

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Reaxys – JACS Article – Spectral Diagram of Benzoic Acid

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Reaxys – Viewing Full-text

There may not be a DOI for a document but Stanford does have the full-text available. Use Swain’s journal list or SearchWorks to see if

Stanford has it.

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Swain Journal List http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/collections/journallist

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Swain Journal List

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SearchWorks – Search Title

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SearchWorks – Search Results

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SearchWorks – Volumes Available at Stanford

Link to Online Copy of Journal

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SearchWorks – Item Needed is Online. Enter Year, Volume and Start Page