Research Guides: CH 201: Research Methods in Chemistry: Substances

Substances

Find substances by search term or chemical structure.

Search term may be the following:

Substance name
ibuprofen

CAS Registry Number
51146-57-7

Document identifier
10.1093/nar/gki470 (DOI)
15980585 (PMID)
US4571400 (patent)

Chemical structure may be drawn or imported using the tool.

Chemical structure

Advanced search may be used for the following:

Molecular formula
C7H6O

Substance property
boiling point

Experimental spectra
proton NMR

If both search term and chemical structure queries are present, substances will only match the chemical structure query (search term query is ignored).

Follow the steps below to search substances by search term:

Click on substances in the left navigation pane (#1).

Enter the terms into the box (#2).

Click on the search button (#3).

Follow the steps below to search substances by chemical structure:

Click on substances in the left navigation pane (#1).

Click on the draw button in the search box to open the structure editor (#2).

Select the preferred structure editor (#3).

Draw a new structure or import an existing file (#4).

Click on the OK button (#5).

Click on the edit button to edit drawing or remove structure (optional).

Click on the search button (#6).

Work with Substance Results

Results Page
Detail Page

Below is a sample substance results page.

Below is a sample substance detail page.