Research Guides: Chemistry: A Guide to Research Resources: Reactions & Reagents

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SciFinder-n Reaction Searching
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Reaxys
Information about millions of chemical structures, reactions, and properties. Contains reaction and property data extracted from core journals and patents in organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry.
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Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Detailed information on reagents and catalysts used in organic syntheses. Searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, and experimental conditions.

Science of Synthesis
Full-text methods and experimental procedures related to chemistry, including Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations. Provides critical reviews of the synthetic methods for organic and organometallic chemistry.
Knovel
Includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations targeted for specific industries and engineering disciplines.
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Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II
Reviews the synthetic literature published 1995-2003. Earlier years are covered in the first edition available in print (check availability).