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ChemACX, ChemACX-SC, The Merck Index, ChemINDEX, ChemRXN and how to access them.

Author: Irwin C. Schreiman
Company: CambridgeSoft Corporation
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Issue: 12.1

    Including
  • ChemACX
  • ChemACX-SC
  • The Merck Index
  • ChemINDEX
  • ChemRXN

CambridgeSoft has long supported scientists’ needs with productivity software such as ChemOffice, E-Notebook and ChemOffice WebServer. Now, the CambridgeSoft Reference Library is available as well.

ChemACX, the Available Chemicals eXchange, is a single database with structure-searchable sourcing information compiled from 300 leading chemical suppliers. Scientists can search by structure, name, synonym, ACX Number, catalog number, formula, molecular weight range and combinations of these and other descriptors. Users can draw full or partial structures combined with text and numeric information to form even more powerful search queries.

In addition to information from leading vendors such as Sigma-Aldrich, Fisher, Acros, Alfa Aesar, Lancaster Synthesis, TCI America and ICN, several specialty catalogs are also included. Peptides from Senn Chemicals and Bachem AG, fluorescent probes from Molecular Probes, radiolabeled compounds from American Radiolabeled Chemicals, Inc. and Moravek are among the many valuable .....