SciFinder
Getting Started
Structure searching
- Click on Chemical Structure on left to draw a structure.
- You can import a structure from ChemDraw - the Import symbol is at the top left.
- To find information about the structure, click on Exact search or Substructure search on right.
- Then you can select one of the structures found, and click on Get References to find articles about it.
- You can also look at Experimental Properties and Experimental Spectra.
Research Topic Searching
- Example: oxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide
- SciFinder automatically searches related terms and substance names. It also considers alternate spellings and word endings. Boolean operators are not used and there are no truncation symbols, or proximity operators.
- When looking at item record, click on Link to Other Sources to find the full text.
- You can also find properties and spectra of chemicals mentioned in the article.
Hands-On Exercises
1. Draw this structure in Scifinder:
- Do an Exact Structure search and find its CAS number.
- Find the references for that substance; how many articles are there that have info about its preparation?
- Find the NMR and optical rotation data for this substance.
2. Searching for a research topic in Scifinder and exporting references to EndNote:
- Open EndNote, if not already open.
- In Scifinder, search for iodobenzene diacetate
- Click on Get references and sort by Citing References
- Export the two most highly cited references to EndNote.
