Reaxys
Demonstration Search
Chemistry 137 – Spring 2013
Grace Baysinger
Head Librarian & Bibliographer, Swain Chemistry &
Chemical Engineering Library
graceb@stanford.edu
Reaxys – Home Page
There are three tabs for
searching. Chose
Substances and Properties.
Reaxys –
Generate Structure from Name
Click on Generate structure
from name button. Then enter
name in popup box.
Reaxys –
Found Chemical Structures
If more than one
structure is retrieved,
choose one that best
matches your needs.
Reaxys – Substructure Search
of Vancomycin
Do substructure
search, include
tautomers and
ignore stereo
Reaxys – Initial Search Results
Filters for refining
search results
Summary of
available
information for
each structure
Reaxys – Filter by Bioactivity – Limit to
Substances with Pharmacological Data
There are 3,747
articles/patents that have
bioactivity on Vancomycin
Reaxys – Limit to Articles/Patents
Published in 2009-2010
Reaxys – Citations Display Form
for Reviewing Results
View results in Citations format
to see titles of articles of
potential interest
Reaxys – Output Results
Click on Output
choice to create PDF
of search results
Reaxys – Popup Window Choices
for Specifying Output Format
Reaxys – Output Citation Results
Reaxys – Record from Output that includes
Hit Substance, Citation, and Abstract for
Reference with Bioactivity Information
View in Reaxys hot link
lets you go to substance
record for that compound
from PDF
Reaxys – Online Training at
http://info.reaxys.com
Training center
includes Quick
Reference Guide