New SciFinder Enhancements Provide Convenient Access to Content (April 2012)
The latest update of SciFinder debuts features that boost search convenience. The
new features include direct searching of substance properties, converting CAS
Registry Numbers® to structures, and convenient preview of substance and reference answer sets with Quick View.
Property Search
SciFinder now enables users to search substances by individual experimental or predicted property. Researchers can target substances with a particular property value or range of values in the CAS REGISTRYSM, which contains more than 66 million substances characterized by 3.6 billion experimental and predicted properties.
Convert CAS Registry Number to Structure 
Structure searching has been made easier by the convenience of inputting a CAS Registry Number to the structure editor. As an alternative to drawing a structure, a CAS Registry Number is entered by using the Add to Editor function.
The editor displays the associated chemical structure, which can then be used or easily modified for a structure, reaction, or Markush search.
Preview Substance and Reference Answer Sets with Quick View 
From multiple locations in SciFinder, users can preview additional details about a substance or reference through use of Quick View. Working with answer sets is more efficient and convenient since Quick View is presented as a pop-up screen, enabling the user to remain in their current view.
Substance Quick View
Hover over an individual compound in a substance answer set and click the magnifying glass icon to see a substance Quick View, which contains additional information such as synonyms, molecular formula, and source of registration.
Quick View is interactive. Click on the CAS Registry Number link to go directly to a Substance Detail page.
Reference Quick View
In a reference answer set, Quick View includes the full abstract, bibliiographic information, ACS journal Table of Contents graphics, abstract graphics, and structure images for up to the first 50 indexed substances.
Within a reference Quick View click the reference title to go directly to the Reference Detail page. Full text access is also just a click away.
Quick View is available in other locations such as the Citations and indexed Substances sections of Reference Detail.
Latest SciFinder Update Implements New Content to Improve the Scientist's Workflow. (February 2012)
SciFinder now offers the researcher one-click access to commercial chemical source pricing and availability information. With the ability to access commercial chemical source pricing and availability information, you can now conduct a substance search from initial query to purchasing decision without ever having to open another search tool. Additional sorting and analysis features for pricing and availability make this new information easy to find.
Adding to SciFinders premier collection of reaction experimental procedures are new procedures from major sources such as Taylor & Francis and German and Japanese patents.
Pricing & Availability Information for Commercially Available Compounds
- During a SciFinder session, researchers can link to pricing and availability information for substances. In addition, commercial chemical sources can be analyzed and sorted by "Pricing & Availability". This enables faster decisions on whether a substance of interest can be purchased within time and budget guidelines.
- The new links to substance pricing and availability complement SciFinder's existing feature for setting supplier preferences, thus enabling researchers to quickly find this information from their preferred supplier sources and make the most of their research time.
Additional Experimental Procedure Information
- Adding to an already substantial collection of experimental procedure information, new data from Taylor & Francis journals, and Japanese and German patents will further assist researchers in determining if a reaction is of interest. From within a reaction answer set, it will be easy to evaluate whether a procedure is of interest based on information such as reaction conditions, catalysts, and nonstandard reagents.
- New sources from Taylor & Francis include Synthetic Communications, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, and Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and The Related Elements covering the period 1998-present.
- Translated English language procedures are now included for Japanese and German language patents from source agencies such as KOKAI, WIPO, and EPO, covering the period 2008-present.
Support for Additional Web Browsers
New SciFinder Features Help Scientists Quickly Find Substances Most Relevant to Their Research (December 2011)
Key enhancements in this SciFinder update include relevance ranking of structure search answer sets, additional mass spec and NMR data for ~75,000 substances, new streamlined display formats for references and substances, and the introduction of bioactivity and target indicators to substance detail displays and substance Analyze options. With bioactivity and target indicators, you can now use SciFinder to easily assess the biological relevance of substances (e.g., for new drug applications).
Bioactivity and Target Indicators
- Quickly find the bioactivity (e.g., antibiotic, vasoconstrictors) and target (e.g., alpha-amylase, prostate-specific antigen) indicators of a specific substance or an entire substance answer set and associated references.
- Indicator terms now appear in the Detail view for substances linked to associated references.
New Analyze Options for Bioactivity and Target Indicators
- Narrow your answer sets to substances with bioactivity or target indicator information and to see which terms are most prevalent.
Relevance Ranking of Substance Answer Sets
- The new substance relevancy ranking feature automatically sorts substance answer sets by relevance, allowing you to quickly review your answer set and access the most important substance answers first.
Additional 13 C and 1H NMR Spectra and Mass Spectra from Bio-Rad
- Access and display more experimental substance property information than ever before.
Enhanced Reference Displays and Table of Contents Graphics from ACS Publications
- Enhanced display of reference answer sets lets you quickly access full text and related information such as substances and citing references.
- Preview more journal content with Table of Contents graphics from ACS Publications.
Streamlined Substance Displays
- Related information such as references, reactions, commercial sources and regulatory information are now displayed next to the substance.
- Link to Spectra and Experimental Property information in the Substance Detail display (when available).
Support for additional Web browsers and operating systems
Updated: 4/24/2012 11:50:36 AM
