ChemSpider
- Field(s) Molecular chemistry
- Website http://www.chemspider.com/
- Carrier institution Royal Society of Chemistry
- Link to publications
Not mandatory
- Certification Uncertified
- Versioning Non
- Type of data
Chemical structures, chemical properties, RMN spectra, IR, Raman, mass, UV VIS, crystallography data.
Users must provide .mol files in a machine-readable format that can be interpreted by Inchi.
Sdf, excel, csv and tsv files formats are accepted. More information here. - Related Services
No manual moderation per deposit. “It would take 600 years for an individual to check each of the 65 million structures.” But a “small team” moderates the deposits when required.
- Cost Free
- Comments
A blog post explains how the repository operates. Instructions for depositors are also available with FAQs.
Data can also come from existing databases, companies or individual researchers. The complete list of depositors is available here. - Contacts
chemspider@rsc.org