Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Chemical Name and Formula Searches

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Chemical Name Searching

 * STN User Documentation (FIZ Karlsruhe)
 * STN User Documentation and Training (CAS)
 * Nomenclature Changes for CA index Names ] (Name changes that began to occur in December 2006)
 * ChemIDplus Advanced (National Library of Medicine)
 * ChemSketch (Advanced Chemistry Development) Freeware chemistry drawing program with a chemical name generator.
 * R&D Chemicals – Rare Chemicals Database
 * RxList-the Internet Drug Index: Index searchable by keyword, drug name, or imprint codes.
 * ENZYME – Enzyme Nomenclature Database (swissprot)
 * Chemical Register Chemical supplier list of commodity and specialty chemicals by name or CAS registry number

Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds

 * Abbreviations, acronyms, trivial and trade names (Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy Information Center)
 * Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds (Free University, Berlin)
 * Amino Acids at Free University, Berlin
 * Origin of the Single-Letter Code for the Amino Acids (Dr. Margaret Oakley Dayhoff)
 * Acronyms Database (Indiana University Chemistry Library)

Chemical Nomenclature

 * Chemical Nomenclature Lite A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds (Charles H. Davis)
 * Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc. (IUBMB)
 * Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc. (IUPAC)
 * IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry Recommendations 1979 and 1993 (Advanced Chemistry Development)
 * Guide to Name Construction (ACD)
 * ACD/Chemsketch (freeware with functionality for naming organic structures of fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings)
 * Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the Indiana University Chemistry Library
 * Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names