http://www.chemspider.com/blog/chemspider-reactions-and-retrosynthetic-analysis-using-archem-route-designer.html Building Community for Chemists Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/chemspider-reactions-and-retrosynthetic-analysis-using-archem-route-designer.html/comment-page-1#comment-111557 Christopher Singleton Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:49:26 +0000 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/?p=826#comment-111557 I think this kind of capability will fill a very important niche. I've talked to many of my synthetic chemistry friends about this, and most of them say that it is difficult to find regular reactions online. You can always find more exotic reactions with unique catalysts and so on, but if you want to find something that explains and provides examples of a typical reaction, it can be challenging. So the exotic is easier to locate than the mundane, as far as chemical reactions go. I think this kind of capability will fill a very important niche. I’ve talked to many of my synthetic chemistry friends about this, and most of them say that it is difficult to find regular reactions online. You can always find more exotic reactions with unique catalysts and so on, but if you want to find something that explains and provides examples of a typical reaction, it can be challenging. So the exotic is easier to locate than the mundane, as far as chemical reactions go.

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