Trial Access to Reaxys Through 30 June 2009
Reaxys is based on the combined content of CrossFire Beilstein (Organic Chemistry), Crossfire Gmelin (Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry), and the Patent Chemistry Database. Searchable via a web interface, Reaxys contains an extensive repository of experimentally validated data that chemists need including structures, reactions (including multi-step reactions) and physical properties. Users can get relevant data not found elsewhere, drawn from source publications carefully selected for their importance and relevance to synthetic chemists.
Features include:
- Workflow and decision making support for synthesis design and planning, e.g. by comparing alternative synthesis routes and selecting the most relevant paths;
- Quick access to key data by displaying results in a unique tabulated overview of the most important information;
- Convenient and flexible output of data in most common formats.
Structure Editors
Reaxys supports the following structure editors: Marvin Sketch (ChemAxon) — default structure editor, ISIS/Draw (Symyx), Symyx Draw (Symyx), and CrossFire Structure Editor (Elsevier). If you wish to use other structure editors than Marvin Sketch, a plug-in has to be installed.
Migrating from CrossFire Commander to Reaxys
The CrossFire Commander interface will remain available until December 2010.
About the Content
Organic Chemistry
Reaxys provides all the organic chemistry information synthetic chemists need to explore the chemical space surrounding lead discovery projects – from identifying synthetic routes to exploring pharmacological, ecological and toxicological outcomes. Specific bioassay results, logPs, toxicity values and other valuable data are all directly accessible. Find reactions, experimental reaction text and substance-related information from English-language organic chemistry and life science patents. It also indexes prophetic compounds, information rarely covered in other databases, and offers easy-to-read expanded Markush displays.
Inorganic and Organometalic Chemistry
Reaxys provides deep coverage of structures, properties and citations in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including phosphors, catalysts and polymers and other substances used in electronics, magnetics, optics and nanoscience. It covers general inorganic compounds, such as nano materials, zeolites, laser materials, coordination and solid-state compounds, glasses and ceramic materials, alloys, doped materials and minerals. This data is sourced from the world-renowned Gmelin database.
Patent Chemistry Database (PCD)
While much information on synthetic chemistry is published in the public literature, many novel reaction processes and compounds appear only in patent documents. The PCD was designed for scientists in synthesis and drug design. The PCD indexes reactions, experimental reaction text and substance related information from English language organic chemistry and life science patent documents (World, U.S. and European) published since 1976. The PCD complements CrossFire Beilstein, which covers patent literature from 1876 until 1980. PCD indexes one million prophetic compounds, information rarely covered in other databases, and offers an easy-to-read, expanded Markush structure display and claims text.
Help
- Reaxys Quick Reference Guide (pdf)
- Reaxys Webinars
- Structure Drawing Plug-ins
- System Requirements (Browser and Java)
More Information
- Reaxys Brochure (pdf)
- About Reaxys
- Crossfire Database Suite Brochure (pdf)
- About the Crossfire Database Suite (Beilstein, Gmelin, and Patent Chemistry Database)
Access to Reaxys is limited to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford.
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