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Chapter 27: ChemFinder/Office<br />

Overview<br />

ChemFinder/Office allows you to search data<br />

sources (documents and databases) to find chemical<br />

structures so that you do not need to search<br />

manually.<br />

Using ChemFinder/Office, you can browse the<br />

following types of files for chemical information:<br />

• MS Word documents<br />

• MS Excel spreadsheets<br />

• ChemFinder databases<br />

• ChemDraw files<br />

• SD files<br />

• Isis/Draw files<br />

In addition to browsing, ChemFinder/Office can<br />

search files by:<br />

• Chemical structure<br />

• Chemical formula<br />

• Molecular weight<br />

• Draw structures you want to find with the<br />

ChemDraw plug-in. ChemFinder/Office can<br />

search for the whole structure, a substructure,<br />

or a structure similar to the one you draw.<br />

When searching by structure, you can specify a<br />

search by:<br />

• Substructure<br />

• Full structure<br />

• Similarity<br />

• Identity<br />

You can save frequently-used collections of data<br />

sources (documents and databases) in Data Source<br />

Definition (.dsd) files. Instead of checking many<br />

data sources that you want ChemFinder/Office to<br />

search, ChemFinder/Office can search one .dsd file.<br />

You can also generate and store combinatorial<br />

libraries from experiments performed with generic<br />

reactions. For more information, “Using<br />

ChemFinder/Office with <strong>Com</strong>biChem” on page 15.<br />

ChemFinder/Office helps you to build databases by<br />

extracting information from various sources and<br />

exporting to another source.<br />

The ChemFinder/Office<br />

Graphical User Interface<br />

(GUI)<br />

ChemFinder/Office is installed when you install<br />

<strong>ChemOffice</strong> Ultra. The GUI window, titled “Find<br />

Chemical Structures”, is shown in the following<br />

illustration:<br />

ChemFinder<br />

<strong>ChemOffice</strong> 2005 /ChemFinder/Office ChemFinder/Office • 371<br />

The ChemFinder/Office Graphical User Interface (GUI)

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