CAS SciFinder® enhancements
We know being aware of upcoming enhancements to CAS SciFinder is important to you. To help ensure you are prepared to handle questions you may receive from your users when changes occur, we will provide a preview version of the latest release notes below.
Expect a new set of notes to be posted approximately one week prior to each release, which are scheduled every four weeks. Be aware that there may be an occasional change not included in this preview since they are being prepared before the release is final. As always, final release notes will be added to the What’s New? section in the CAS SciFinder solution in conjunction with the actual release.
Preview of CAS SciFinder Release
May 19, 2025 (Build 25-04)
Search Enhancement: Search substances by SMILES
Users can now search for substances by SMILES. SMILES searching is supported for substances, reactions, and suppliers.
Search enhancement: Search substances by InChI
Users can now search for substances by InChI. InChI searching is supported for substances, reactions, and suppliers. Both InChI strings and InChI keys can be used to search for substances.
Customizable substance result display
Users can now customize the physical properties displayed on a substance result set, bringing forward those properties that are more interesting to them. This facilitates efficient review of a substance result set and better highlights the expansive collection of experimental and predicted substance properties available in CAS SciFinder.
From a substance result set, a new option to customize is presented:
From this menu, users can select up to six properties to display on substance results.
Once selections are made, the result set is updated. Note that result view is updated to full display.
