Chemical Database Service Explained

The Chemical Database Service^[1] is an EPSRC-funded mid-range facility^[2] that provides UK academic institutions with access to a number of chemical databases.^{[3] [4]} It has been hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2013, before which it was hosted by Daresbury Laboratory (part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council).

Currently, the included databases are:

• ACD/I-Lab, a tool for prediction of physicochemical properties and NMR spectra from a chemical structure
• Available Chemicals Directory, a structure-searchable database of commercially available chemicals
• Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), a crystallographic database of organic and organometallic structures
• Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), a crystallographic database of inorganic structures
• CrystalWorks, a database combining data from CSD, ICSD and CrystMet
• DETHERM, a database of thermophysical data for chemical compounds and mixtures
• SPRESIweb, a database of organic compounds and reactions

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Chemical Database Service home page . 18 June 2017.
2. Web site: Current EPSRC mid-range facilities . 18 June 2017.
3. Web site: Chemical Database Service, University Library, University of Sheffield . 18 June 2017.
4. Fletcher . David A. . McMeeking . Robert F. . Parkin . Donald . The United Kingdom Chemical Database Service . . 36 . 4 . 746–749 . 24 July 1996 . 10.1021/ci960015+.