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Home   •   Support and Training  •  SciFinder  •  Strategies  •  Decision Chart
Decision Chart
Decision chart Use the following decision chart to help you draw structures to retrieve substructure matches that are of interest to you.

If the structure you draw has a

Expect substructure matches

To change this, use

Ring

Decision Chart 5

Substitution on ring atoms

Decision Chart 6

Lock tool lockon individual atoms

 

 

Side-fusion with other rings

Decision Chart 7

Lock Out Rings tool lockout to prevent side- or spiro-fusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spiro-fusion with other rings

Decision Chart 8

Chain

Decision Chart 9

Substitution on chain atoms

Decision Chart 10

Lock tool lock on individual atoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chain atoms as part of a ring

Decision Chart 11

Chain embedded in a ring

Decision Chart 12
Lock Out Rings tool lockout to prevent the skeleton chain from being embedded in a ring

Open Terminal Atom

Decision Chart 13

Substitution on the open terminal atom

Decision Chart 14

Lock tool lock on the terminal atom

 

 

 

 

 

 

The open terminal atom as part of a ring

Decision Chart 15
Updated 4/15/2009 10:45:12 AM
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