LibGuides: Chemistry: Physical & Chemical Properties

Physical & Chemical Properties

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Scifinder is a database specialized in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, medicine, materials sciences, pharmaceutical sciences and related disciplines. Search for chemical substances and properties, spectra, reactions, and literature collected by the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts Service since the early 1800’s. To access SciFinder you must register for an individual account using your YorkU e-mail address.
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Database of organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry information curated and indexed by chemists from peer-reviewed literature, patents, conference abstracts, and substance data from publicly available and proprietary databases such as Beilstein and Gmelin. Search for chemical substances, properties, reactions, and literature from as far back as 1771. See tutorials and videos
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Knovel is an engineering decision-support solution delivering best practice insights, material and substance properties data, and validated equations through powerful search and interactive analytical tools. Engineers can confidently find answers to technical questions from more than 120 content providers. Knovel tutorials
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
A comprehensive handbook of constants, properties, and data for every branch of science.
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
Provides property data for over 4000 organic and 1400 organic compounds.
PubChem
Contains property data on over 145 million substances.
ChemSpider
Contains property data on over 30 million substances.
Combined Chemical Dictionary
“This dictionary is a structured database containing detailed information on chemical substances. It includes descriptive and numerical data on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature reference; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables.” Contains over 500,000 compounds.
Kaye & Laby
The free online edition of this classic reference work. Contains tables of physical and chemical constants in SI units. Maintained by the National Physical Laboratory (UK).
ChemIDPlus
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Searchable data collections from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) covering thermochemical and reaction data for organic and inorganic compounds, spectra, constants of diatomic molecules, ion energetics, and thermophysical data.
The Merck Index
"A source of data on over 10,000 compounds chosen particularly for their importance in biology, medicine, and ecology."
Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
“DCCC is a carefully edited database containing the 25,000 most frequently cited compounds used by chemists. It contains the top 25,000 most commonly cited compounds in Chemical Abstracts (excluding polymers and biological).”
Dictionary of Drugs
“Containing over 40,000 pharmacologically active compounds, this dictionary represents the ultimate resource for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists. Coverage includes all currently marketed drugs, pharmacological tools, compounds in the later stages of clinical trials and pharmaceutical excipients.”
Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive is the single worldwide repository of information about the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids.
Dictionary of Marine Natural Products
"A comprehensive resource for more than 48,000 known natural products drawn from marine organisms."
Dictionary of Food Compounds
"Comprehensive information on 67,000 compounds found in food, including additives, flavours, natural food constituents, contaminants and nutraceuticals."
Polymers: A Property Database
"Provides scientific and commercial information on over 1,050 polymers."
Handbook of Inorganic Compounds
"Covers physical constants and other properties for about 3300 inorganic compounds."
Call Number: Steacie Reference QD 155.5 H36 2011
SOLV-DB
Contains property data on commercially available solvents.
Open Data Melting Points of Organic Compounds
A curated collection of melting points of organic compounds derived from open data sources.
ThermoDex
A database of references for thermochemical and thermophysical properties of chemical substances. Points to the print or web resource in which the property in question may be found.
Useful Data Tables
Constants, energies, etc. compiled by Michigan State University, Dept of Chemistry
MatWeb
Searchable database of material properties includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
Sigma-Aldrich catalogue Advanced Search
Search for data and Sigma-Aldrich documents. Allows searching by structure.

Spectra

Spectra are linked from the substance records in each of the below databases unless otherwise stated.

PubChem
ChemSpider
SciFinder
Reaxys
Reaxys is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions. Reaxys accesses the combined wealth of trustworthy, experimental substance and reaction data and bibliographic data housed in the Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry Databases.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds SDBS
Contains spectra for over 34,000 organic compounds. Maintained by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan.
NIST Physical Reference Data
Contains both atomic and molecular spectroscopy data. Maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
MassBank
Contains over 40,000 mass spectra. Maintained by the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
NMRShiftDB
"An NMR database (web database) for organic structures and their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra."

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