Database Trials

Database Trials

Current Trials:

Reaxys Academic Edition Trial Access

We are pleased to announce a trial access to Reaxys Academic Edition from March 7 to April 15, 2025.  Please be sure to fill out our short feedback form once the trial has finished.

What is Reaxys?

Reaxys is a comprehensive chemistry database that provides:

• Over 283 million chemical compounds
• 67 million chemical reactions
• 500 million searchable experimental properties

Data from over 16,000 chemistry-related journals, patents, and books

Key Features

• Basic Search: Use natural language processing to search across literature, chemical substances, and reactions
• Query Builder: Construct advanced searches using various fields and parameters
• Synthesis Planner: Generate multiple alternative synthesis pathways for compounds of interest
• Predictive Retrosynthesis: Best-in-class tool for robust predictions and feasible synthetic routes

Benefits for Researchers and Students

• Rapidly retrieve relevant chemical information
• Stay updated on new chemistry publications and patents
• Find vendors for starting materials and intermediates
• Explore structure-activity relationships (SAR)
• Access comprehensive medicinal chemistry and pharmacology data

How to Access

Reaxys Academic will temporarily replace Reaxys Base, so access will be in the usual way from the catalogue

Feedback

We value your input on this trial. Please fill in our short feedback form

Trial Period

Start: March 7, 2025
End: April 15, 2025

About Trials:

The Library regularly runs trials of new online resources that we are considering purchasing.

It greatly helps our decision making to get feedback from academic staff, researchers and students about the resource, we would appreciate your feedback if you are looking at any resources being trialled.

If you would like to talk about having a trial set up please dont hesitate to contact us by sending an email to library@universityofgalway.ie

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