Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Chemical Name and Formula Searches

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Chemical Name Searching

• STN User Documentation (FIZ Karlsruhe)
• STN User Documentation and Training (CAS)
• Nomenclature Changes for CA index Names ] (Name changes that began to occur in December 2006)
• ChemIDplus Advanced (National Library of Medicine)
• ChemSketch (Advanced Chemistry Development) Freeware chemistry drawing program with a chemical name generator.
• R&D Chemicals – Rare Chemicals Database
• RxList-the Internet Drug Index: Index searchable by keyword, drug name, or imprint codes.
• ENZYME – Enzyme Nomenclature Database (swissprot)
• Chemical Register Chemical supplier list of commodity and specialty chemicals by name or CAS registry number

Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds

• Abbreviations, acronyms, trivial and trade names (Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy Information Center)
• Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds (Free University, Berlin)
• Amino Acids at Free University, Berlin
• Origin of the Single-Letter Code for the Amino Acids (Dr. Margaret Oakley Dayhoff)
• Acronyms Database (Indiana University Chemistry Library)

Chemical Nomenclature

• Chemical Nomenclature Lite A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds (Charles H. Davis)
• Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc. (IUBMB)
• Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc. (IUPAC)
• IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry Recommendations 1979 and 1993 (Advanced Chemistry Development)
  • Guide to Name Construction (ACD)
• ACD/Chemsketch (freeware with functionality for naming organic structures of fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings)
• Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the Indiana University Chemistry Library
• Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names