STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the release of Science of Synthesis 3.10, an online resource providing users with access to chemical information from experts in the field.
With the latest upgrade, Science of Synthesis claims to cover all fields of organic chemistry from organometallics to alkanes. Covered topics will be continuously updated and additional content will be added to the electronic reference through multiple releases per year. The latest release encompasses 14,452 new reactions, with over 68,000 structures. Detailed preparative expertise is provided on: nitro, nitroso, azo, azoxy, and diazonium compounds, azides, triazenes, and tetrazenes (Volume 41); alkenes (Volume 47); and alkanes (Volume 48).
Developed in cooperation with InfoChem, Science of Synthesis seeks to present a critical treatment of synthetic organic chemistry from the early 1800s to the present. As a first point of reference for the synthetic chemist, the resource is projected to possess a user-friendly search function that allows substructure, exact structure, reaction, combined keyword, and full-text searches. Within the application, a structure search is supposedly quick and easy since users have the ability to choose between multiple structure drawing tools (ISIS Draw, Java Applet and ChemDraw). Its compatibility with SFX is seen to assist librarians in navigating literature requests of Science of Synthesis users to resources and services relevant to their search queries.
Science of Synthesis Version 3.10 is fully compatible with both Windows and Macintosh and supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari browsers.
From 2010 onwards the existing volumes in the resource will be complemented by a variety of organic synthesis specialist topic reference works. A modular approach will be used to build the Science of Synthesis Reference Library, developed in conjunction with members of the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board.
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