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Reaxys
Quickly access relevant patent, substance and bioactivity insights, and a retrosynthesis tool. Find information on organic, inorganic and organometallic substances; chemical reactions; published experimental facts, including substance property, spectral and reaction data; and Chemical patents.

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Reaxys Workshop Fall 2022
For organized and simplistic searching of substances, references, and suppliers in chemistry applications. You can link references to reactions and create synthesis plans from published sources. Highlights of searching on Reaxys include being able to look at physical and spectra data.
Reaxys v SciFinder-n Searching
In order to plan your researching, use this guide to understand the differences, similarities, strengths, and weaknesses of the CAS SciFiner-n and Elsevier Reaxys searching.

About Reaxys

The Reaxys database (produced by Elsevier) contains information that will help you find preparations and specific transformations, measured substance property and bioactivity data, and citations to articles and patents containing research information.

Databases Integrated in Reaxys

Reaxys+
Reaxys Medicinal chemistry+
PubChem+
eMolecules+
LabNetwork+
Sigma-Aldrich+

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Please contact Ted Baldwin (ted.baldwin@uc.edu, 513-556-4211) if you have any questions.

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