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8. 8 REGISTRY record for adrenaline from SciFinder

9. 9 Total Experimental Property Values = 3.4 M SciFinder is a valuable resource for locating properties and spectra Properties and spectra are found in CAS REGISTRY Billions of experimental and predicted property values Data tags cover hundreds of additional material, biological, and physical properties and leads a researcher to the primary literature Experimental spectra include IR, mass spec, NMR, and Raman Predicted 1 H-NMR spectra cover nearly all small organic molecules registered by CAS Total Predicted Properties = 2.3 B Total Experimental Spectra = 713 K Total Predicted Spectra = 23.8 M Total Experimental Data Tags = 7.8 M

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18. 18 CASREACT Built by CAS Patents Added to CASREACT InfoChem/VINITI Reactions from Journals InfoChem/ VINITI Reactions from Patents 1840190719711974198419911992 2008 1998 INPI Reactions INPI Reactions from Journals and Patents Biotransformations InfoChem/ VINITI Reactions 20032002 InfoChem Backlog 200119212006 Wiley reaction collections: Organic Reactions (1977-2006), Organic Syntheses (1921-2006), e-EROS (2001 version)

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