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Cambridge Structural Database

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is both a repository and a validated and curated resource for the three-dimensional structural data of molecules generally containing at least carbon and hydrogen, comprising a wide range of organic, metal-organic and organometallic molecules. The specific entries are complementary to the other crystallographic…

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Data format
.cif
Description
Molecular structure elucidation · X-ray crystallography · Cheminformatics · Organic compound · Metalorganic
Research center
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Standalone
CSD System · CSD (the database) · ConQuest · Mercury · IsoStar
Web
WebCSD
Web service URL
www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures

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Cambridge Structural Database

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples51
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Cambridge Structural Database

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related to history · 27
Cambridge Structural Database → As, By, Cambridge, CSD, CSD System, Department, Engineering Research Council, From, Inorganic, Italy, Japan, National Affiliated Centres, Olga Kennard OBE FRS, Organic, Scientific, Technical Information, The, The CCDC, The CSD, Theoretical Chemistry
Description · 9
Cambridge Structural Database → Chemical structure, Cheminformatics, Drug discovery, Materials science, Metalorganic, Molecular structure elucidation, Organic compound, Organometallic, X-ray crystallography
Standalone · 8
Cambridge Structural Database → ConQuest, CSD (the database), CSD System, CSD-CrossMiner, GOLD, IsoStar, Mercury, Mogul
Data format · 1
Cambridge Structural Database → .cif
Research center · 1
Cambridge Structural Database → Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Web · 1
Cambridge Structural Database → WebCSD
Web service URL · 1
Cambridge Structural Database → www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures
Website · 1
Cambridge Structural Database → www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk

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csd ccdc data structures cambridge structure crystallographic centre deposited system database also organic repository x-ray curated diffraction crystal mercury cif

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Cambridge Structural DatabaseData format.cif1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionMolecular structure elucidation1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionX-ray crystallography1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionCheminformatics1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionOrganic compound1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionMetalorganic1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionOrganometallic1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionChemical structure1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionDrug discovery1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseDescriptionMaterials science1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseResearch centerCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneCSD System1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneCSD (the database)1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneConQuest1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneMercury1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneIsoStar1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneMogul1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneGOLD1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseStandaloneCSD-CrossMiner1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseWebWebCSD1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseWeb service URLwww.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures1.00infobox
Cambridge Structural DatabaseWebsitewww.ccdc.cam.ac.uk1.00infobox

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