Substructure Retrieval by Means of the BASIC Fragment Search Dictionary Based on the Chemical Abstracts Service Chemical Registry III System

Towards simplified access to chemical structure information in the patent literature

This paper addresses the problems associated with chemical structure searching of the patent literature. The deficiencies of existing services are reviewed, and the results of continuing research aimed at overcoming these problems are presented. These take the form of a systematic structure description language (GENSAL) for generic structure input, a topological representation of generic structure (ECTR) suitable for ma chine processing, and algorithmic screening strategies for generic structure searching and retrieval.

From chemical documentation to chemoinformatics: 50 years of chemical information science

This paper summarizes the historical development of the discipline that is now called `chemoinformatics'. It shows how this has evolved, principally as a result of technological developments in chemistry and biology during the past decade, from long-established techniques for the modelling and searching of chemical molecules. A total of 30 papers, the earliest dating back to 1957, are briefly summarized to highlight some of the key publications and to show the development of the discipline.

Chemoinformatics: Past, Present, and Future†

The history of chemoinformatics is reviewed in a decade-by-decade manner from the 1940s to the present. The focus is placed on four traditional research areas: chemical database systems, computer-assisted structure elucidation systems, computer-assisted synthesis design systems, and 3D structure builders. Considering the fact that computer technology has been one of the major driving forces of the development of chemoinformatics, each section will start from a brief description of the new advances in computer technology of each decade. The summary and future prospects are given in the last section.