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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: rolnor on April 06, 2019, 04:20:04 PM

Title: Scifinder, Reaxys.
Post by: rolnor on April 06, 2019, 04:20:04 PM

I am checking in Scifinder if my compounds have been synthezised before, how big risk is it that I am missing something? Does Reaxys cover more?

Title: Re: Scifinder, Reaxys.
Post by: kriggy on April 08, 2019, 01:32:04 AM

IIRC now they cover pretty much same stuff but one of them (reaxys I think) is few years older so it makes a difference in the older literature. Also, I had some troubles with this when scifinder didnt find my compound and reaxys did but those were quite rare. Novadays when Im looking for a procedure to make something, I only look at reaxys.

Title: Re: Scifinder, Reaxys.
Post by: EngPet on April 12, 2019, 12:56:06 PM

SciFinder covers more, but reaxys has the power to retrieve more old literature, so they are complementary and you should check both of them for more assurance.