Chemistry

Web CSD -  enough for many users.

Client CSD - need more advanced features? Click the link to go to the software download page. (Campus login required)

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is a highly curated repository of small molecule crystal structures. The CSD System also comprises software for database access, structure visualization and data analysis, and structural knowledge bases derived from the CSD.

The Cambridge Structural Database client version includes software for:

• ConQuest - search and information retrieval
• Mercury - structure visualization 
• PreQuest - create an in-house database
• IsoStar - Intermolecular Interactions
• Mogul - Molecular geometry
• SuperStar - Protein-Ligand Interactions predictions (Windows  and Linux versions)
• DASH - Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data (Available only on Windows)

Detailed info on the Cambridge Sturctural Database can be found on their website

NOTE: CSD does not store:

• Polypeptides and polysaccharides having more than 24 units. These are recorded in the Protein Data Bank http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/ 
• Oligonucleotides are stored in the Nucleic Acids Data Bank http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/

Acknowledgement: Content on this guide was adapted from the work of librarian Erja Kajosalo from MIT Libraries