ChemInform Reaction Library

This compilation of 100 years of chemical literature citations contains reactions of current interest to synthetic chemists, with an emphasis on novel methodology. The collection is selected, abstracted, and organized by FIZ CHEMIE Berlin and then classified according to reaction type using InfoChem's reaction classification technology. The database provides convenient access to full reaction schemes.

Coverage:
1946-present (195,600 literature references); updated semiannually

Focus:
New reactions and syntheses, including enzymatic and microbial processes; applications of known methods in new areas; heterocyclic chemistry, natural product, and organo-element synthesis; new catalysts

Source:
Historical data from 1946-1991
ChemInform, 1991-present

Latest version: 2000.1

Size:
782,600 reactions
1,026,000 molecules
updates add approx. 50,000 new reactions per year

Disk space:
6,345,500 VMS blocks (OpenVMS)
3250 MB (AIX/IRIX/SOLARIS/NT)


Last Updated 16-Aug-2000

History:
In the 80ties chemists at Bayer realized how silly it is that each chemist starts collecting by its own the literature about interesting reactions. A few chemists started working together making a rough booklet with hand drawn reactions and distributed it among their colleagues. This was the beginning of a huge success.