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Substructure searching finds structures that contain
the query and any additional attachments at the
open positions. Using the ChemDraw toolbar, you
can attach different features, such as atom lists and
variable bond types, to a query to perform a
narrower or broader search.
The Chemical Structure search will find structures
in chemical structure fields and tables in
E-Notebook. The results of the search are grouped
by structure for easy analysis and organization. You
can save queries and the results lists to the
E-Notebook Collection Tree.
Note that you may also search for chemical
structures with the Section Search and Collection
Search. These searches allow you to combine the
structure search with other search criteria. The
results of the Section Search and Collection Search,
however, will present the search results in a list,
rather than ordering them by structure.
Within the chemical structure box, draw the
structure or substructure for which you wish to
search, or right click within the structure box to
import a file. (For more information about the
structure drawing capabilities of ChemDraw, please
consult the ChemDraw User's Guide).
1. Do one of the following:
• Click Search Now to execute the query.
A results list appears.
• Click the Save Query button to save the
query.
The Collection tree appears with a new
Structure Search, and you are prompted to give
the Structure Search a name.
An example of substructure searching of
Cyclopentane. The substructure query:
To conduct a search for structures:
1. While in Search mode, select Chemical
Structure from the Search for drop-down list.
2. Click the New Query icon.
An empty query form appears.
Will hit the following (and other molecules):
HO
O
E-Notebook
O
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