Description:

Visit the V-Lab Learning Path for suggested prerequisite.

Learn to:

• Accommodate repeating groups in a structure
• Define your own variable groups using the G-Group feature
• Tag a substituent to appear at variable positions on a ring
  

   

  Skill Level:  Intermediate

   

  Prerequisites:

  • STN Basics Parts 1, 2, and 3 and STN Structure Searching Parts 1 and 2

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  • Competencies with keyword searching in bibliographic databases and using the HELP, FILE, EXPAND, SEARCH, DISPLAY, LOGOFF, FOCUS, and INDEX commands
  • Ability to competently apply logic operators, truncation, and proximity operators as well as to search in specialized fields
  • Know how to use CAS roles and the SELECT CHEM command, conduct effective substance searches, and retrieve bibliographic references associated with chemical substances
  • Skill in drawing chemical structures and modifying bonds, atoms or rings, uploading them for searching, and finding associated references for selected substances