Sciencemadness Discussion Board

IUPAC and SMILES nomenclature

microswitch - 13-12-2006 at 16:52

I have a question: Where does one locate the IUPAC designation with a generic name of a molecule or substance? Also, where does one find a good SMILES (Simplified molecular input line entry specification) site?

Does Daylight chemical information systems maintain the SMILES format officially?

http://www.daylight.com/

Baphomet - 13-12-2006 at 17:20

Check out ChemSketch at http://www.acdlabs.com. It's a freeware chemical modelling tool that allows you to drag-and-drop species to build larger molecules and output IUPAC/SMILES/etc..

microswitch - 13-12-2006 at 20:06

Thanks for the info. I have been using Accelrys software for 3D modeling. I am installing ACD/ChemSketch now.

JohnWW - 16-12-2006 at 16:29

Try www.iupac.org - it should be on their site somewhere.