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Use the Updates and information tab below for up to date SciFinder enhancements. 

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Clair Sharpe
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My office is on the first floor of the Harold Cohen Library. You can contact me by email or book an appointment.

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SciFinder enhancements - May 2025

This month’s CAS SciFinder release includes information about a few recent updates to the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform™.

Full-width display

This interface enhancement allows you to view more data on-screen, reducing the need for scrolling when viewing search results.

Product switcher addition

The product switcher, accessed through the three dots next to the CAS SciFinder® logo, now includes a link to CAS BioFinder™, our newest solution that advances drug discovery research with interconnected biology and chemistry data, analytical visualizations, and predictive models.

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.

More developments are coming

We’re transforming our search to make getting basic answers easier than ever, connecting you to more IP insights, and improving the impact and usability of our retrosynthesis tool. A preview is available. 

Reaxys

Users need to use a personal sign in rather than an institutional sign in to be able to export search results e.g. to Endnote. 

For more information about exporting in Reaxys, please see How do I export results? 

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