| Introduction |
This section describes how to locate preparations leading to a specific structural end product using Explore by Chemical Substance or Reaction. |
| When to use |
Use preparation searching when you want to locate preparations for any type of chemical compound, without regard for the reactants and reagents used or the transformation involved. Preparations are available when:
- A substance preparation is the main point of a research paper
- At least one piece of analytical characterization data is available for the substance
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| Preview |
Locating specific substance preparations is a 3-step process:
- Draw the structure
- Locate relevant structure matches
- Locate references to preparative studies
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| Example |
Locate preparations of this compound:  |
| Draw the structure |
Follow these steps to draw the structure of interest. |
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From the New Task dialog box, click Explore  . |
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From the Explore dialog box, click Chemical Structure  . |
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The structure drawing window appears. Draw the product of interest. Apply the following tools to control answer precision:
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| Locate the relevant structures |
Once the structure is drawn, follow these steps to locate relevant structure matches. |
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From the structure drawing screen, click Get Substances  . |
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The Get Substances dialog box appears. Select the substructure option. Click OK.
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The substance viewer appears.
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When you want to see |
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| Information about a specific substance, such as: |
- Substance detail, e.g., CAS RN, names, or properties
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- References about the specific substance
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- Reactions in which the specific substance participates (Available for SciFinder subscription users only)
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- Regulated chemicals information
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- 3D models (requires add-on software)
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| Locate references |
Once substance matches are identified, follow these steps to locate preparative studies associated with them. |
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From the substance viewer, click Get References  . |
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The Get References dialog box appears. Specify Preparation. Click OK.
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The reference viewer appears.
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Click |
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Reference detail, including:
- Abstract
- Indexing
- Patent family information
- Citation
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| Electronic full text |
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- Trends in the answer set (Analyze)
- A smaller set of more precisely defined references (Refine)
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Related information such as:
- References cited in a paper
- Papers citing another
- Substances indexed in a paper (Subscription users only)
- Reactions indexed in a paper (Subscription users only)
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| Links to reaction detail |
SciFinder subscription users may link directly to reactions associated with the references to preparations. |
Updated 4/15/2009 12:41:46 PM
