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Chemistry Databases
- Common Chemistry This link opens in a new window
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a web resource that contains CAS Registry Numbers for approximately 7,900 chemicals of widespread general public interest. Search by chemical name or CAS Registry Number. - Knovel Chemistry and Chemical Engineering This link opens in a new windowIncludes full-text handbooks and technical information in analytical chemistry, catalysis, dispersions & aggregation, electrochemistry, environmental chemistry, industrial chemistry & chemicals, industrial safety, physical chemistry, plant design, polymer chemistry, separation, and transport processes. Specific titles include: Knovel Critical Tables, Yaw's Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, and Ullmann's Chemical Engineering and Plant Design.
- Organic Syntheses This link opens in a new window
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Provides detailed experimental methods in a standard format for the synthesis of organic compounds. Also compiles independently checked selected procedures and new reactions which can be used to produce compounds of research utility. - PubChem This link opens in a new windowOpen access database from the NCBI. Contains chemical molecules and their activities against biological assays. Also contains links to scientific literature in another NCBI database, PubMed, links in to chemical information in the HSDB (Hazardous Substance Data Bank) and more.
- SciFinder-n This link opens in a new windowContains extensive information from a wide range of chemistry journals. Users MUST REGISTER TO ACCESS (click on more... below)
