spectral databases



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 Dear Netters,
 in two quite recent review articles in Analytical Chemistry (vol. 65,
 1045A-1050A; vol. 65, 1087A-1095A) Wendy A. Warr lists several NMR, IR and
 MS spectral databases. Most if not all of them are meant to be used on small
 computers, PCs & Macs. This is perhaps a good choice for interactive work
 close to bench or spectrometer, but for other applications poses rather
 severe limitation. I'd appreciate very much any comment about hands-on
 experience or familiarity with the databases listed below. Of special
 interest are ease of use, availability of internal data formats, ASCII
 exports, and most of all portability to UNIX.
 Please e-mail me direct, I'll summarize for the net.
 Thanks in advance,
 Jan RadomskiCII
 exports, and most of all portability to UNIX.
 Please e-mail me direct, I'll summarize for the net.
 Thanks in advance,
 Jan Radomski
 NMR spectral databases:
 source/vendor                         ## of
                            13C          1H        other nuclei
 SADTLER (on PC)           34000          -          -
 -"- CSEARCH               60000          -          -
 SpecInfo                  99000          830        13700
 NIMCR Japan                8000        11000        -
 Preston Scientific         -             -          10000 19F
                                                      1300 other
 Bruker                    19000         9000        -
 Tsukuba Univ. Japan       widma polimerow na CD-ROM
 IR and FT-IR:
 source/vendor           ## spectra       remarks
 SADTLER                  160000       (mostly FTIR)
 -"- vapor phase            9200            FTIR
 Aldrich-Nicolet           17000            FTIR
 Sigma-Nicolet             10600            FTIR
 Aldrich vapor phase        5000            FTIR
 NIST/EPA vp                5250            FTIR
 SpecInfo                  22600            17000 digitized
                                             5600 peak/intensity list
 NIMCR Japan               46400            FTIR
 Coblenz S-ciety           10500             4400 digitalized
         4400 digitized
 all IR spectra with accompanying structures.
 MS:
 source/vendor           # spectra     # compounds      # structures
 Wiley                   139859          118144            91529
 NIST/EPA/NIH            >70000           65000            65000
                         +32000 duplicates
 SpecData                150000          150000 ?         150000 ?
 NIMCR Japan              16300           16300 ?            ?
 JICST/ MS Society
 of Japan                  6000            6000 ?          CAS Reg.#