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CHEM 450 - Advanced Organic Synthesis

Searching SciFinder

SciFinder covers the scientific literature in chemistry. You can search it by keywords or phrases, CAS registry numbers, chemical structure or substructure, physical properties, etc. As a chemist, you should be familiar with this resource.

The tutorials below show: how to set up a SciFinder account, how to do a keyword or phrase search, and how to do a chemical structure search.

Create a SciFinder account

Substance and CAS number searching in SciFinder


Note: Sometimes it takes a little while to connect to SciFindern while off campus. If you have problems please contact Joel Seewald.

Structure searching in SciFinder


Note: Sometimes it takes a little while to connect to SciFindern while off campus. If you have problems please contact Joel Seewald.
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